Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing 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 big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?