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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?