Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?
