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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
