Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?