Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one 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 might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
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