Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant 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 bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?