Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?