Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
