Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum 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 best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?