Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?