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xsBusiness - Every Hand Revealed
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Manufacturer: Citadel
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9780818407277
ISBN: 0818407271
Label: Citadel
Manufacturer: Citadel
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 370
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Publisher: Citadel
Studio: Citadel
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Summary: Best Poker Companion Book
Comment: This is the first book that I've read that not only talks about techniques such as slow play, aggressive play etc but shows you in a REAL situation how it was used.
There are two books I recommend to read prior to this one. The first one is by Ken Warren "Texas Holdem" which goes into a Conservative Basic Strategy to Intermediate, and Daniel Negreanu's "Hold'em Wisdom for all Players" which goes into Medium type strategy.
This book teaches you how to play AGRESSIVE to BALLS OUT strategy, but most importantly how and when to play them. There is a time and a place and this will teach you when.
Before reading the first two books I went from lasting 30-60 minutes in a tournament to lasting 2-3 hours. Then I read Gus's book and my level of play went through the roof. Now I am so confident and knowledgeable about my game that I expect to make every final table. And I just learned to play the last 6 months!!!
This is not your typical book so don't expect an A-Z explanation. This book is on how he won a tournament hand by hand, and goes through his thinking process before calling, folding, raising, re-raising etc.
Enjoy and have fun.
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Summary: Solid No-Limit Hold 'Em Tournament Book
Comment: Here's the sequence of the books I've read about NLHE Tournaments:
Step 1: T.J. Cloutier/McEvoy - Survive, survive, survive... Maybe you get a lot of chips somewhere and win a tournament.
Step 2: Dan Harrington - Survive, but if all conditions are right, play a hand like J-T suited or 9-8 suited if you have three callers, tight players in the blinds, and then proceed from there.
Step 3: Gus Hansen - Survival sucks. Accumulate chips. Get the blinds. Know BEP. GO FOR IT.
For years I was in Step 1 mode: Play your coin flips with 99 vs. AK and pray they hold up. Double up a few times, don't play the "chip burners" like J-T suited or K-Q suited. Waaaaaaaaay too tight to consistently win let alone confuse my opponents with my play.
Now, Step 2 was nice, but how often do you really get 3 or 4 callers in front of you AND tight players in the blinds? Basically, you're always in Step 1/Survivor mode unless all the stars and planets align at the poker table and we know that doesn't happen very often.
Step 3. Go for it. Raise with a K-T suited in middle position 3 x the BB and see what happens. If you get raised and can make the call and get a great flop then go for it.
Yeah, it sounds crazy to "go for it" but you know what I've discovered?
Sitting around getting blinded to death watching people get chips and win millions of dollars while I hope my caveman coin-flip strategy holds up doesn't work. You have to get in there with a Q-J suited in late position for some of your chips. You don't get the AA or KK often enough, and if you do get those hands do you really accumulate enough chips to win the tournament? No.
I liked Gus Hansen's book. I think people TALK about shifting gears, but don't do it enough. I know I don't. But I've gone further in tournaments and actually been the chip leader or in the top 10 more often during the tournament since I read this book and used his advice.
You can still incorporate the wisdom from Step 1 and Step 2. Just make sure that you have Step 3 in the tool box or you're never going to win unless EVERYTHING goes your way in a tournament. It can happen, but don't hold your breath. Get this book if you want to win NLHE tournaments.
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Summary: Great Read
Comment: Interesting read. great to test your hand and strategic analysis against one of the great no limit players of our time.
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Summary: My thoughts on Gus Hansens book
Comment: My opinion of Gus Hansen's
Every Hand Revealed
First of all let me say it took me seven to eight hours to read that should tell you it is a page-turner, I liked it very much. What I would like to have read; is more of what Gus meant by terms like "it seem to me that " this and that what tells did he see what patterns were there for his feelings, what does he look at there eyes, there chip handling etc. There was one mention of how fast the chips went into the pot if he thought there was bluffing going on, from this book it seems that numbers is his main concern. May be he didn't want to tell the world about other players tells but this is a book after all for prosperity, and who knows it would help the other players to know they have those tells. Like in hand 306 the phrase sensing his opponent's feelings, what clues were given or was it just projecting, or wishful thinking on his part.
I would have liked to have had this book written just as it was but with the TV results given showing the actual results, and if his thinking was correct. If possible the tape or CD could have been sold along with the book, after reading this book I would be willing to pay a little more for the next one.
One more observation the picture holding the wining hand AA, made Gus look like Nusferatu not a good look.
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Summary: Hansen at his best
Comment: Every serious player reads poker books. Most cover basic and advance concepts on what to play, when to play it,and how to play it. Hansen's book takes you through a full tournament, hand by hand, and provides his unique perspective to "why"! I rate it at the top of my list of must read books for serious "learners".
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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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