Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?