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Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?