Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in 3 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 remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often 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 gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed 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 at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
