Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?