Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. 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 penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?