Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in 3 of the events. 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 recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players in the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?