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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel's full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can't buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold'em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?