Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best players in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
