Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in 3 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 high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes 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 sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?