Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world could be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?