Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?