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Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?