Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players around the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed 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 alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?