Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?