Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final table in 3 of the competitions. 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?