Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?