Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best 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 best players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?
