Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?