Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?