Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?