Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great 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 min buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?