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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?