Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing table in 3 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 remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority 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 total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?