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Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final game in three of the tournaments. 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can't buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold'em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?