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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final game in 3 of the tournaments. 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 high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?