Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?