Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?