Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?
