Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?