Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
