By: Gus Hansen Publisher: Citadel Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Citadel Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 370 Publication Date: May 01, 2008
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.
Well Worth It For the price you can't go wrong with this book. I really like this approach too. Often sitting at a table I can't go through all the mathematically correct ways to play a hand in my head nor do I have access to a million charts. So I like that an author finally has approached the play with what was actually going through his head at the time. It's refreshing.
I gave it five stars because I like Gus Hansen. As pointed out it really isn't the in depth analysis of books by say Harrington and Slanksky but for the price it is well worth the easy read.
reads like a thriller; teaches like a prof My pattern for learning and reading about poker goes something like this: read a book by Sklanksky, Harrington, Chen, et al...play, LOSE, keep playing, something eventually clicks...WIN. Immediately during and after reading Gus' book, something in my playing just clicked, and I started WINNING right away. The loose aggressive style is described theoretically in other books, but it's handled expertly in this one. If you learned the tight aggressive style from the conventional poker literature, read this and add another gear to your engine.
The innovative form, witty narration, and thoughtful hand analysis make this a thoroughly enjoyable read. It's packaged in soft paperback, at a bargain price. I couldn't put it down.
Refreshing change from theoretical books This book takes you through all the hands Gus Hansen played on his way to the 2007 Aussie Millions Championship, and the real-world charting of hands is a welcome change from books that only provide examples to underscore various poker principles.
Hansen is at once witty, incisive, self-critical, self-congratulatory, and his play is often surprising. He's not a madman, as some think, but he sure is aggressive (both pre- and post-flop). I think his strategies work best in live tournaments where the stakes are high. You could get murdered making some of his moves in smaller stakes action, especially online.
What makes the book most valuable is Hansen's explanations of his behavior: whether he crunches pot odds/implied odds, he's playing near the bubble and therefore more aggressive when others are typically tight or he's analyzing the info he's gotten from players' body language. He's also honest when reflecting on his mistakes and misreads, and this candor makes him more appealing as a player/person.
I flew through the text, as it was highly entertaining. I recommend this for devotees/players and casual fans alike.
A great little book Gus' book is a simple and no-nonsense approach. It is not a learning-book, but just a great view into the mind of one of poker's best. Instead of pages full of mathematical views on what is the right thing to do, this book takes you into every hand Gus played at the tournament. He shows how and explains why he played it that way, why he went aggressive at some points and laid back at others. You will read through it in a heart beat.
A very good book, but does not answer all questions
Every Hand Revealed is a different book as compared to other poker books. Gus Hansen has brought in this book a lot of practical play, rather than mudane theory and mathematics. This book, as the title suggests, is about all the hands he played in a tournament-winning performance.
He explains in a very lucid way the logic behind all his decisions at the poker table. He also explains the mistakes that he made and what could have been the more appropriate course of action. The book is entertaining and easy to read, and helps us know how top players play poker.
However, this book does not answer all questions that we might have about his tournament play. First and foremost, this book is not the correct one if you are looking to know the basics of math involved in poker. This book assumes you know the mathematical basics. Also, Gus Hansen has jotted down all the hands that he played. But he does not mention what type of hands he folded pre-flop. There are lots of bad cards that he played with (5-3 offsuite, for example), and he gives good reasoning for those plays, but he never talks about similar hands that he might have folded and reasons for those folds. One more thing that I felt required more explanation was the reason behind selecting the amount of raise or re-raise. He mentions his raise amount, but does not delve into details of what made him decide that particular amount.
All in all, a very instructive and entertaining book that I would certainly recommend. But be ready to have some unknowns at the end of the read.
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