Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?
