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Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?