Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?