Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?