Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?