Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
