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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.

Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won't have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha high and texas hold'em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?