Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game 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 might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?