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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?