Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While wagering on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?