Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?