Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?