Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?