Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?