Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?