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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve last table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?