Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While wagering on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?