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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final game in three of the events. 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 recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular 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.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?