Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
