Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?