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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the last game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?
