Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?
