Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game 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 players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
