Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?