Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?