Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in three 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 recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus 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 a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?