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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?