Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?