Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?