Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?
May 31st, 2026
Marlee
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