Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN 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. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While wagering on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?