Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players around the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?