Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
