Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
