Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?