Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last poker table in three of the events. 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 recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
