Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in three of the tournaments. 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 big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?