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Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While betting on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world may be players you have won't have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hold'em and texas hold'em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?