Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players 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 usually participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?