Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final table in three of the tournaments. 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 against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?