Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?
