Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?