Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in 3 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 largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?