Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually 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 Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?