Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts around the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?