Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final game in three of the events. 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 big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?