Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. 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 big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. 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 most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?