Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?