Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. 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 about. Gus can be found wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?