Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last table in three of the events. 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?