Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last game in 3 of the tournaments. 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 largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?