Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the competitions. 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 high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?