Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final 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 high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?