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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?