Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally 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 not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?