Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players around the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?