Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority 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 amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
June 25th, 2026
Everett
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