Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?