Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players in the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
