Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players around the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday 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.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?