Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing table in 3 of the tournaments. 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 competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently 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 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?