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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?
