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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly 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 weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hold'em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?