Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?