Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in three 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 won a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?