Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last table in 3 of the tournaments. 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 recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?