Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last poker table in three 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 against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players around the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?