Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last game 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 largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players around the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually 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 regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?