Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
