Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world may be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?