Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?