Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final poker table 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 remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play 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 accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?