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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won 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 bettors around the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit 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 best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?