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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money games?