Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?