Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
