Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?