Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?