Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?
