Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last poker table in three 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 remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?