Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?