Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?