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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in 3 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 might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes 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 no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.

Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?