Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?