Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?
