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Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hold'em and hold'em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?