Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
