Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?