Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?