Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While wagering on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?