Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing 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 might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?