Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final table 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 remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent 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 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?