Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in 3 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not 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 Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?