Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.

Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?