Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts around the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?