Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?