Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?