Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the events. 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 high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While wagering on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?