Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last poker 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?