Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final game in 3 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
