Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?