Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large 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 enthusiasts around the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability 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 total dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?