Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?