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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 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 largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?