Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not 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 Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
