Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?