Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in three 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 remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?