Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
