Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in three of the competitions. 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 largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large 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 strongest bettors in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
