Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?