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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?