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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players in the world but he can't buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and hold'em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?