Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in three 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 may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view 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 participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?
