Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?