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Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?