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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can't buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world could be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?