Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?