Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best players in the world could be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?