Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players around the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?