Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not 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 accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?
