Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?