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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last game 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 big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?