Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min 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 outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?