Gus Hansen had a marvelous 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 paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?