Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great 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 min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
