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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final table 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 may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can't buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and hold'em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?