Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?