Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network 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. Hansen raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min 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 a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
