Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
