Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
