Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors around the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?