Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min 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 players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?