Dec 272015
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max 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 accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?
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