Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final game in three of the tournaments. 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 high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players around the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?