Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. 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 largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?