Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game in 3 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 big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?