Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While wagering on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min 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 poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?