Every Hand Revealed | 
 enlarge | Author: Gus Hansen
Publisher: Citadel
Category: Book
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Pages: 370
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0818407271
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9780818407277
ASIN: 0818407271
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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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.
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 Makes you want to play tournaments November 17, 2008
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.
 Get inside of Gus's Head! November 11, 2008
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!
Pick Hansen's Brain November 3, 2008
Just finished the book and found it really good, not over done at all and not really a technical journal like some can and are meant to be. The book literally is every hand he played during the 2007 Aussie Millions Tourney with the reasons for why he played the hand or why he acted a certain way on the hand. If you have a good basic knowledge of tournament hold em and understand concepts of poker this book can give a great understanding of how guys like Hansen, Ivey, and Negranue, play and you see they are not so loose and crazy but actually are just aggressive toward the unaggressive. It's a dangerous way to play but if you can play after the flop it is a smart and profitable way to play. If you are just beginning in poker and are looking for a book to teach you THIS IS NOT FOR YOU!! This book can potentially ruin you because you will only learn to copy what he does without understanding why he does it, get a book like Harrington on Hold Em first at the very minimum, Hansen plays aggressive not stupid.
All in all a great read, not for everyone, but for those that understand the game a great insight into a very good poker players mind.
great book November 2, 2008
I learn a lot with this book. Is the first time that I have the real ideas behind the play of a superplayer. I wish this would be a video! Also the prize is right.
Tournament insights from Pro! October 15, 2008
Getting some insight from one of the top names in professional poker is priceless. This is a one on one with Gus Hansen and his thought process as he progressed from day 1 to winning the Aussie Millions in 2007. The style of the book is easy to read, big fonts and every hand is illustrated, most of the show the flop, the turn and river. Off course there is substantial analysis before each card is shown and explanations of why actions were taking at each situation (check, raise, bluffs, and big laydowns). He has a lesson before starting each day of the tournament that relates to his mindset for a particular situation he'll face and then has conclusions and lessons learned at the end of the day.
The only thing you might argue is that it's too specific for the cards dealt and the situations faced each particular stage of the tournament and it might lack theoretical depth. However the book is what it is: one tournament, one player and how he won it!
I certainly picked tidbits of information that can be applied in any other poker hand and not the specific one described in the book. Plus Hansen has a few chapters analyzing the outcome, his decision making and the quality of hands played although they are thin by comparison to the rest of the book. All in all a pretty good book to get a feel for how big tournaments progress and how great players adapt to each situation.
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