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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently 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 he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?