Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors around the world. While participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?
