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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hold'em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?