Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final 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 might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?