Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?
