Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?