Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last game in 3 of the events. 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 high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?