Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?
