Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?