Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?