Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum 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 certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?
