Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?
