Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?