Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors around the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?