Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in three 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 recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?