Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?