Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
