Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?