Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?