Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
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