Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final 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 might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?