Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?