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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While competing in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold'em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?