Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the competitions. 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 remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts around the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?