Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final game 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 might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think 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 will not have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?