Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve last poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?