Gus is just amazing! plays the perfect game no matter the cards he has...no one knows the moves he is going to make, he is imposible to read...

Hansen is generally a good reader, you have to be to make calls with the worst of it, more often than not, he calls with coinflips or 3/2 dog hands (like QT vs AK) likes to gamble to knock opponents out. However, Chris Ferguson absolutely schooled him in the Head's Up Tournament. Pushing all in with A3 on a KKx board, Ferguson played him perfectly flipping over the QQ. Gus is a great player, but I would like to see him at a final table with Ferguson, Ivey, Harrington, Sklansky, and Negreanu. Play this table 10 times. Hansen will end up 6th or 5th more often than not. Knows how to beat the onliners and the other aggressive players. But more patient players that know not to push all in preflop on coinflips and 3:2 advantages, will just wait him out and burn him over and over.

Gus Hansen plays the Super System. That's all, straight by the book, no magic to it. He just does it exceptionally well and has the luck one needs to suck out on someone when it counts.

For everyone who says hes all luck..... its obviusly more than luck if hes won as much has

i play heads up against gus - i raise 10 tousand, gus goes over top with 30 tousand, i all in with 10-7 against his 3-6. I catch a 7 on flop but gus hits trips when the flop cums 7-6-6. I lose entire money on one hand. Top job Gus now watch out - next time i RAISE U and u dont call!

Rumor has it that Gus is the biggest fish in theBellagio big cash game. Apparently he owes Doyle4 million and had to skip Vegas. Not exactly rocketscience, everyone that plays on pokerstars knowsthat Hansen dumps money like there is no tomorrow !!

He does dump money like there is no tomorrow.A friend of mine met him in a bank in Paris. My friend needed $3000 for an appartment. He couldn't get that much in one day on his creditcard. Gus gave it to him, and said: see u next week. Bring $3000 and we're even. Either He's dumb, or very good at judging people. My friend showed up next week, and Gus got his money. He won that pot, and respect from me and my friends!

Best player ever.. He playes so good on bad hands like 2-4 off suited...

Gus,I LOVE YOU !!!!!!You're my idol!!! LOVE YOU !!!You have a fan in Brazil....You're the best!LOVE YOU!!!!

Gus is a big inspiration to all hold'em players. He both play the cards AND the players very well. Nice to see a guy from Denmark doing so well in WPT :D

Gus Hansen is my pick to win this years WSOP Main Event!!!!!!! Good Luck Gus

This guy doesn't stand a chance against people like Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey. I'll never forget when he said I have 10, 8, offsuit I have to call for sure, and the lucky bastard caught 2 pair and took the pot. ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS GUY IS A JOKE AND IS WAY OVER-RATED.

What makes Gus Brilliant is how difficult it is to play him. You can tell on the tables no one wants to be in a hand with Gus as they dont know whether hes got absolute rags or pocket rockets. In my opinion he is the most difficult player to read, which ultimately makes him extremely difficult to play.

One thing that puzzles me about Gus - he never seems to look at the man, like no stare-downs, no searching for tells etc. He just looks at the community cards and thinks "should i bluff with my 4-2 off suit?" or "how do i trap this guy with my monster hand?" Its strange. I'm also wondering how this guy builds up a huge stack in tournaments early. He cant be messing with J-4, 6-5 etc early on or he'll go bust pretty soon.

what most are missing is that by the time u see gus on tv and decide you are an expert on his game, he has already made it through the field of hellmuth's and phil iveys. he also plays in the highest stakes games all the time. no one can play in these games for more than a week or so unless the can hold their own against ivey, brunson, chao and daniel

I just kicked Gus's butt in headsup play online. I just wish it had been in person and for real not just a computer program. But.... it was still fun to beat him. oh yea, he went all in after the flop with 3 queens, I made my flush (queen high)at the flop. and then just waved good bye to him :-)

i'm definately no math expert, but i would say poker is 30% luck and 70% skill IMO. all poker players catch lucky breaks.. but some are able to set them selves up to get better breaks, i think Gus can do that. besides that, I think he plays great - he plays the way the books tell you not too, so while many players play "by the book", he will take them out without a prob. because they ignore the fact that any two cards can win, its just the matter of playin the player.

I agree Gus does not play by the book and I think that's good, because when you really get right down to it any two cards you hold before the flop can create a hand....I was watching the Bay 101 last night and saw him take third playing trash hand...finally someone else caught a card that set him back. It's nice to see him fall once and awhile because it gets old watching him catch lucky flops and turn cards....not to dis-credited his ability to play, but he is very LUCKY at times period!!! Especially when the other guy has him bet going into the flop. Still a great player and always will be....

I think gus is great.he got me watching texas holdem.he,s the best in the world and those gus wannabes suck

Gus is the best there is. He knows when and how to play a hand perfectly. He is BAD ASS!!!!

Doyle Brunson once said show me the luckiest player in the room and ill show you the best player at the table...For all you hatters, Gus revolutionizes the game with his aggressive style..This luck b/s needs to stop b/c in poker u require some luck to win but to have 3 WPT Titles and beat the best players in the world at the Poker SuperStars Invitational thats all Skill and calculating the odds.

Gus Dont Listen To Any Of These Fools Your My Favorite Player In The World. I Think Your Style Throws Everybody Off When You Play,so Then Its Really Tough To Read You. Peace Out Gus

Why is he MIA from the World Series so far? Anybody know?

Cause he is dead broke due to Bruson and co. I guessyou won't be seeing him in WSOP any more.

Gus hansen is a poker god!!! It takes pure GUTS to put all your money on the line with a seven deuce offsuit and make another player fold the best hand. He is a master manipulator and his moves are very calculated. I personally think he is in the top 5 players in the work.. Ive seen this guy read through huge bluffs that any other player would fold to. THE GREAT DANE RULES!!! GO GUS!!! Oh and btw.. 4 WPT titles = skill (not luck)

I think that Gus is a very talented player who has won 4 WPT and is the offical Bad Boy of Poker And hes not only an awesome poker player to watch but a complete STUD!!!!!!!!!!!

Has anybody told these people that poker is about making another guy fold a good hand when you have rags. I guess all good poker players are just lucky then. If it was all about luck there would be no poker. 9 out of 10 hands Gus will make you fold and win a lot more than that one time that another player wins - when you add it all up you get 3 WPT titles.

To those who keep writing, that Gus is lucky, I just wanted to remind you of the fact that he an live, by playing poker...! it takes more than luck to win at the Bellagio for example... so you guys can go back to your lousy work tommorow, and play your 0,25-0,50$ on the net, and meanwhile, Gus will be earning hundreds of thousands, with his "luck"... Stefan Jørgensen, Denmark...

All of those posters who try to model their game on Hanson are wasting their time as his style is so idiosyncratic that you can't really learn to replicate it. Bit like a sprinter trying to model his running style on Jessie Owens or Michael Johnson. Not really going to happen is it?

not bad of a player but im gonna beat him someday!remember me michael nick name shift

Gus is a experianced player who makes careless errors. He needs to strenghten his play. His blufing at innapropriat times can and does mess him up.

The best way to play against this guy is when u get a good hand like A-10 or better, pair of 8s or better.. let him raise with with his junk hand, then go ALL-IN immediately. The clown will have to fold almost every time. If u have a moderately good hand like Q-10, 10-J.. try to limp in and see a flop, dont call any of his raises. If you hit a top pair or good drawing hand (open ended str8, flush draw) immediately go ALL-IN. This should fustrate Gus for sure. The main thing to remember - if the board is all rags hes probably hit something so get out immediately unless u hit your high cards good.

I find it so interesting how people judge his play. I admit the first couple of times I saw him play I thought he was a bit careless then I learned more about poker and relized what he was doing and why. I stongly believe that if you don't think Gus is an excellent player of the game then you don't understand poker completly. He does not have to be your favorite but if you don't respect and understand his play then you will never suceed in poker. Maybe if all of you who had negative comments about Gus learn more about the game and at least what he is doing you can stop talking about poker on the net and someday actually talk to Gus in person while you are playing him.

I live in Vegas and play at alot of the different casinos. My friend and I were actually told by two dealers that Gus owed markers here in Vegas exceeding $2 million. They said he was in Monte Carlo trying to earn it to come back and settle. I have heard this rumor quite a bit, but have never heard it was Doyle. I think that part is conjecture. I have played up at WSOP and its true he hasnt played an event yet, but I hope he will be at the WSOP. Altough regardless of how great you are, with that large of a field it is up to the poker gods. You can only control the decisions so far before the cards determine our futures. A good example would be MoneyMakers misread that he had the best hand(3Queens w/ A kicker) in 2003 series against Phil Ivey (9s full of Queens)and hit his ace on the river. Or his pocket 88s later on which were all in against Pocket Rockets and he hit his set on the flop. He clearly was not the favor preflop, but luck is so prevalent in a field of thousands, skill can only go so far.

Hanson can definitely play and play extremely well at that - anyone who doubts his ability is deluding themselves. As for his debts, I'd imagine all the top pros experience that at some stage in their careers, particularly early on.

Geez, i wonder why Gus would be in debt raising with J-6 and 2-4 out of position. The mind boggles. But seriously, his success in the WPT alone should help pay off any debts.

"luckiest guy in the world". He is danish not swedish

Has he been involved in the 2005 WSOP at all?

Those of you who think Gus Hansen can't play poker don't UNDERSTAND the way he plays. Gus takes advantage of the fact that when people are facing a raise with a marginal hand, most of them fold. Most of the "junk" hands Gus raises with never go to the flop because most of the time he just steals the blinds. when we see him call a person's all in with a "junk" hand, gus has already accumulated alot of chips by stealing blinds, and if it's not a great deal more to call, gus does it because to him, he's free rolling against them with chips that he won stealing blinds. The reason he seems so lucky, is that on tv, all they show are the all-in's that he comes from behind to win. it's television people. Isn't it more exciting to see someone come from behind to win? that's why they show so many hands where gus sucks out. lol. you simpletons. manipulated into hating gus, thus making him and poker more popular. i'd pity you, but you don't even deserve that.

gus is defintly a good player in my book. gus if yur readin this all the people that say stupid shit about you they can all go blow a goat.the reason your good is beacuse you have your own style,and thats like 1 third of the fukin game.il admit youv got more chips then commen sence sometimes.but id like to see some internet chink try to win some thing.i mean im more of dan harrington fan myself beacuse i play like him.but gus will kick any of your chinky neger ass anyday.dont take that shit gus.your the man.MM