Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know 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 sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?