Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?