Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?