Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last game 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 may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?
