Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?