Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing 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 might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?