Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes 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 poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?