Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?