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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve last poker table in three of the competitions. 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 against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.

Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?