Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. 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 high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill 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 full amt.. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?