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Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have won't have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?