Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?