Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?