Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?