Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?