Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?