Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?