Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?
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