Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
