Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play 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 supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?