Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players around the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus 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 accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?