Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?