Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?