Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table 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 may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While betting on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?
