Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large 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 greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?