Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in three of the events. 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 big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?