Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last table 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 recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?