Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
