Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?