Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?