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Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?