Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?