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Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel's full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can't buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have won't have heard about. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?