Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?