Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player 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 might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?