Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?