Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?
