Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?