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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can't buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have won't have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?