Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?