Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill 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 full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
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