Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?