Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?