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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?