Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?