Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors around the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?