Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in three of the tournaments. 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 big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum 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 sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
