Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?