Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?