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Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?