Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?