Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?