Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?