Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final table in 3 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 may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
