Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?