Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?