Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final 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 may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
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