Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
