Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 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 big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?