Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in three 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
