Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
