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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu's full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While competing in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can't buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have won't have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hold'em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?