Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?