Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
