Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?