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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final poker 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 might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel's full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can't buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best players in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold'em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?