Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?