Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
