Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. 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 an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
