Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?