Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum 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 patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?