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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Negreanu's full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently 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 believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can't buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold'em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?