Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?