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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?