Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in three of the competitions. 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 largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
