Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?