Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?