Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?