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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can't buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be players you have won't have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?