Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 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 familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?