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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu's full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players around the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have won't have heard of. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold'em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?