Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the events. 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 recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?