Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last game in three of the events. 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 largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently 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 know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?