Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?