Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While wagering on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might just be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?