Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?