Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in 3 of the events. 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?