Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
