Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
