Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve last game 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 may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won 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 best bettors around the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar 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 minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?