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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in three of the competitions. 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 big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
