Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?