Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently 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 believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?
