Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great 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 sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
