Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?