Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?