Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final 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 may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?