Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads 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, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
