Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill 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 sometimes. The greatest players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
