Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?