Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?