Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?