Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money games?