Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?