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Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu's full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha hold'em and hold'em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?