Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in three of the competitions. 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 largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?