Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
