Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?