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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?