Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?
