Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?