Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?