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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final poker table 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 largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?