Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?