Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final 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 might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?