Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?