Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players around the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?