Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. 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 largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
