Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large 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 best bettors around the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?