Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant 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 remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large 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 strongest players around the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?