Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?