Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus 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 little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
