Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays 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 gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
