Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular 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 minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?