Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent 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 sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
