Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?