Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads 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 participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?