Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?