Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?