Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last game 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 remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?