Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money games?