Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen 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 best bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
