Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in 3 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. He raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?