Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest 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 usually participates in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?
