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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?