Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?