Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in three 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 high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?