Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?