Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?