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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?