Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?