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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can't buy in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world could be players you have won't have heard of. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold'em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?