Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?
