Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. 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 high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?