Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play 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 accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?