Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?