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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players in the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?