Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?