Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?