Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to final table three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu?s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best players in the world but he can't buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes Omaha and Hold'em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?

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