Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?