Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?