Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?