Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise 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 believe tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just 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 Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?