Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best players 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 sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?