Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’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, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?