Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?