Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing table in 3 of the tournaments. 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 recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
