Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?