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Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?