Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?
