Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?