Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?