Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?