Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?