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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?