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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?