Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final 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 big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?