Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?