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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel's full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?