Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While wagering on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?