Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?