Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability 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 think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?