Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?