Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?