Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While wagering on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?