Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total 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 before. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?