Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday 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 min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?