Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the events. 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 big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum 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 cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
