Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors around the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?