Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve 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 remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
