Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually 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 know Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?