Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?