Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing table 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 competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely 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 presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?