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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu's full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep 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 skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold'em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?