Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?