Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but 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 table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?