Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?