Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes 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 flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?