Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?
