Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently 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 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?