Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, 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 ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?