Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has 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 assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?