Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final 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 recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good 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 he 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 ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?