Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players around the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
