Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?