Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?