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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players in the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?