Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?