Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful 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 GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?