Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?