Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?