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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can't buy-in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?