Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve last table in three 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 largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?