Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players around the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates 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 gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?