Product Description: What If You Were Able To Get Right Inside The Mind Of World-Famous Poker Pro Gus Hansen--And Learn His Winning Secrets?
Now You Can.
One of professional poker's most intriguing and fascinating players, Gus Hansen has often been called "The Madman" for his crazy, fearless, aggressive style. But you can't dispute the fact that this poker superstar knows how to win--and win big. The holder of the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational title as well as the only player to win three World Poker Tour tournaments, Gus won his fifth major international title when he became the 2007 Aussie Millions Champion, outlasting 747 players and nabbing $1.2 million. Now, for the first time ever, Gus analyzes the hands that he played during the tournament and reveals his secrets for winning in Every Hand Revealed.
You'll learn:
An extensive, easy-to-follow analysis of the more than 300 hands he played during the Aussie Millions...
The radical, yet coolly logical, methods behind Gus's "madness" that have helped him to win consistently...
Each and every bluff, precise calculation, educated guess, and read of his opponents ...
How to call large bets with seemingly unplayable hands...
When to raise out of position with garbage holdings...
How the prize structure should influence your play...
And much more!
Offering unlimited access to one of the most successful, popular poker players out there, Every Hand Revealed will help you understand some of poker's most coveted secrets--and simply shows you the right way to play the game whether you're a beginner or a poker pro. Now with Gus Hansen by your side, you too can turbo-charge your game and watch it take off!
Superstar poker pro Gus Hansen has shaken up the poker world with his loose, aggressive style. Called "The Great Dane" as well as "The Madman," the five-time international title-holder transforms his hands with cool logic ...and flattens his opponents. Voted one of the world's sexiest men by People Magazine, Gus is an avid athlete, backgammon player, and poker commentator for both Danish and American T.V.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Poker Book
A must read for a Poker Player. By far the best poker book I own.
Rating: - Every hand revealed, but that's mostly it.
Gus Hansen takes us to a journey through his astonishing way of play, that most Hold'em players might find not only aggressive, but even in some cases absurd.
I enjoyed reading this book. However, this is definitely not a comprehensive poker strategy book. It's merely a review of every hand of the Aussie Millions Poker Tournament 2007 Gus took part in and how it was played, with some notes by Gus on why he decided to play it like that. He takes stack size, possible chip lead, his reads, bet sizes and much more into consideration before making a play, and the way he thinks and bets is presented briefly for every hand.
After each chapter Gus does actually propose a way of play for various stages of a tournament, but if you seek in depth analysis of such matters, you should probably read another book.
I do not regret the purchase of this book, because it provided some insights on the game of an acclaimed poker pro and could prove to be helpful in terms of enhancing my own play. Overall, it provides info on the (super)aggressive poker play and how Gus handles it. Judging by the first place and the money he won from this tournament, he does have his way.
Rating: - Insight into Excellence
Every time I've watched Gus Hansen play in the World Poker Tour, I always wondered what permutations his mind was running through. I mean, how can this guy be so aggressive and so successful tournament after tournament? It boggles the mind that his trademark style wouldn't eventually expose him to massive busts as players just decide "what the hell", let's just call him out.
Now we finally find out what goes on in the brain of a champion. His aggressiveness is a coolly calculated approach determined carefully hand by hand throughout a tournament. He has almost a preternatural ability to sense the right play through a lens of mathematical objectivity while combining that with a carefully considered intuitive feeling for his opponent's play. For those of us who occasionally fantasize about playing at the professional level, seeing Hansen's play through his actual tournament decision making skill set is extremely humbling. This is written clearly and understandably, even if we couldn't possibly absorb his entire approach to play at his level. However,there is much useful learning here that can improve poker hand decision making skills for anyone who is serious about their play.
Definitely worth reading, particularly if you are interested in playing tournaments yourself.
Rating: - Makes you want to play tournaments
I bought this book after reading the reviews on Amazon, and I have to say I was quite happy with the purchase. I actually couldn't put it down. Gus goes over all the hands he was part of, is self depricating, shows that he got lucky, but most importantly, goes over how he reads situations and bets out accordingly.
Like a lot of poker books, the lessons he teaches are not necessarily straight forward, but they are there, and they are plentiful.
I wish more players would do this kind of book.
Kudos Gus on a great book.
Rating: - Get inside of Gus's Head!
I was waiting for a book like this! Extremely entertaining and gives a lot of insight to Gus's mind. If you have the tourney recorded, you can actually see the hands, and look for tells that Gus is talking about. It really gives you an idea what a "maniac" is thinking about raising with T9o when "under the gun".
DO NOT TRY TO USE HIS STRATEGY AT HOME, unless you are above intermediate level poker player. Even if you think you understand why what he does at the table at home, you HAVE to be Gus Hansen to make it work. You are not. I hear people saying "a very aggressive player, like Gus Hansen, D.Negreanu, Micheal Mizrachi, etc". The truth is, you cannot put players in the same "aggressive" category. For example, D.Negreanu and G. Hansen are TOTALLY different players with different styles. Negreanu plays "small ball, check-call poker" preferring to make post flop decisions himself using his insane reading ability, while Gus likes to play bigger pots, and put his opponents to the test. Gus does not mind going all in when he thinks the situation is favorable, while Daniel hates to be all-in unless it is the best play. It is just not his style.
With that said, the most important thing why Gus's plays work is the table image (that he does not have to establish every time he comes to a new table, his image follows him everywhere). Thats his advantage, and thats why his plays work. Everyone knows that Gus Hansen is Gus "I-can-have-any-two-cards-in-any-position" Hansen. Thats why if you raised early position with two red aces, and Gus called you on the button, it is extremely difficult to proceed on the flop of 3-6-7 with two clubs on the board when Gus puts you to the test for all your chips. After all he is Gus, what makes you think he is not holding 4-5 in his hand, and you are drawing slim to dead.
Get this book! Read it! Enjoy it! Learn from it! DO NOT DO IT AT HOME!
- Great Poker Book
- Every hand revealed, but that's mostly it.
- Insight into Excellence
