POKER INFO - PROILE - Gus Hansen

in mid nov 2004 my wife played party poker with her and someone who said it was you. I have always admired your play and please count on me as your admiring fan. GO GET EM!!!!!!!

does anyone know if he's metrosexual?i saw his nails when he was playing poker superstars invintational and they were even and looked really nice. i never saw that on a straight guy before

Lol

You can only play 7/6 offsuits so many times before you get busted....with that said I still think he is the best in the world for the type of game he plays.... I wouldn't suggest it: but he does it at a level that could be considered borderline genius!!!

I have just started watching poker very recently,and love to watch Gus play. He is awsome. Do you think I could get some lessons from Gus on playing poker? Is he married? [email]Countrypeachteh@wmconnect.com[/email]

Gus is one of the most inspirational poker players out there. When being the player with the least amount of chips, is as deadly as someone being the chip leader. His actions tell it all during his play. What a poker player.

I have been watching Gus very closely and I have 2 things to say. 1. He is so god damn aggressive it is scary (everyone knows this). And Yes everyone loves his style of play. 2. And I know I will get shit for this but watching him I have noticed that he is VERY LUCKY! Yes I know he bluffs the shit out of everyone, but I have never seen 1 person get as lucky as he is. Yes Poker requires luck. Yes he has AMAZING skill, but you can not hide the fact that Gus will pull a river card out of his ass to win any tourneys. I know he would kick mine and all of your asses at the tabel. My advice is to bring all your good luck charms because your gonna need it.

Damn.... he won the poker superstars invintaional knocking out everyone!!!!!!!!!! u'd think he has the deal wit the devil. i know he's a good(and very lucky) player, but that doesn't happen.

he won just about every all in on a slight outdraw.

Gus Hansen is the lord of poker players. Thankfully any nasty comment that is thrown at him on this site doesnt effect him as a player.Yeah, I am sure that even he would admit there have been times where he got in a little over his head and got lucky. We all get lucky somtimes. But you cant depend on luck to win a championship. and that is just what Gus Hansen has done, more than one time. My favorite was the one I just recently watched where he single handly put out all seven players and took home a million dollors. The final hand he flopped a small straight and he just stayed calm and collective and had Johnny Chan eating out of his hand. Thinking he had the best hand Chan went all in, Gus quickly called and proved once again that he is the best there is at what he does as he took home another first place win. Way to go Gus. I am your BIGGEST fan. Brandi from Louisiana !!!!

u have a crush on him.

Best in the world period.

good player that gets lucky when he needs to...do i think hes great,,,, i guess time will tell...

...the next ungar

Gus Hanson is just plain amazing, going to revolutionize poker and how people play it. His aggressive style and the acting and the way he reads people makes his holdem style unlike others, he is def a legend og the game.

I wanna know how this guy does it!fantastic big buy in tourney success and he plays in the biggest cash game.From the tv shows ive seen he always seems to get lucky....but obviously anyone who knows anything about poker knows that there is definetly some method in there,im guessing because he is a pretty loose player and gives lots of action he also gets lots of action when he holds good cards?!I would love to understand more about his game....its alot more exciting than watching alot of the poker players.If anyone has any insight to his style(though I do know its loose)and strategy please post,im wanting to read some informed opinions.This site is mildly amusing at first,but gets quite boring after reading all these wnnabees slagging off top players.PS-Check out [url]www.cardplayer.com[/url] got an interview with gus.

I just read the interview with Gus, thanks for letting us know about that. To answer your qeustion well I acutally think in the interview Gus explained his style quite nicely and I think you already hit the nail on the head when you said "He gets lots of action when he holds cards". Due to his extreme aggressivness and loosness Gus will be called more then almost any other player out there. Gus is a true gambler and if you pay attention to his style he is in it for the big payoffs. He is very mathmatical in his play, however he also reads his opponents very well. The way Gus plays is dangerous not only to his competitors but people watching who want to play like him. It takes so much skill and practice and of course a big bank roll to play like him. Simply put I see Gus's style the same as how casino's carry the odds. At casino's you can win but if you play long enough you will eventully loose your money. Gus may lose because of his loose play but eventuall he gets what he lost and a whole lot more back.

Gus is a good player, but I have seen him very lucky at times...but I suppose that luck does come into play

Poker(any game)-33%skillz, 33%luck, 33%guts, 1%gus hansen.

The guy is simply amazing. I do agree that raising with a 2,5 off suit on a fairly regular basis is very risky play, but when everyone at the table knows your repuatation and is scared as hell of you then it is a great advantage. Sure if I sat down at a table in Vegas and played the way he did I would probably get called and eventually crushed. But I'm not Gus Hansen either. People are afraid of him because he could wipe you out at any moment if you dont play your hand right.

im a risky poker player myself, and i admire him he is really good

Gus is an excellent player and like most he has his own style of play. I've seen him out draw a few good players on the River, but that's just the way the game is...hope he continues to play. It's entertaining to watch and learn.

An absolute blast to watch. Wanna see him and Layne Flack go heads up.

Anyone interested as to how Daniel Negreanu rates Gus Hansen as a poker player check out Daniels site.[url]www.fullcontactpoker.com[/url] then click on forum,and go to player profile.Gus Hansen profile has just been added.Just thought id mention!

By far the most entertaining player in poker.

he has some poker dvd wit antonio esfandiari, phil laak and andy bloch. it's like a 3 disc set. not gonna buy it though.

Ok, nobody really cares if you like or dislike Gus. So in an effort to post something with some actual value let's understand Gus's play better. Any playing style has strengths and weaknesses. I see two huge strengths to Gus's play. Playing anything- by playing this way Gus completely disallows other players from reading him pre-flop. Big chip-pusher- the pots Gus plays are big. His opponent wins 10 pots, Gus wins 10 pots, Gus's pots are bigger, advantage Gus. I've noticed Gus rarely stares at an opponent, maybe a quick glance, but even that is rare. Yet he does seem to read them well. Makes me wonder if he uses timing to read there hand ?? For those who say Gus sucks-out alot. YES !! This is an additional benefit to seeing alot of flops, and playing alot of hands. But this is not the KEY to him winning, just a fringe bene to playing lots of hands.

In the daniel negreanu evaluation of Gus's playing he says that gus plays a very mathematical game.Alot of these top players are always been talked about as being very good at maths.I dont understand...what exactly are they calculating?...1st of all I am doing a Masters in Maths so Im not "completely" without a clue.I understand the claculating of "pot odds" which is straight forward.I understand the implied odds too.But these calculations are hardly rocket science...and alot of the probabilities for holdings(such as a set turning into a boat or quads on turn/river etc)can be memorised if you play often.I understand when players say "there is alot of power in the pot" and that it is matematically correct to draw to it. What im trying to say...are what else is there to mathematically calculate apart from the basic's...you hardly have to have a math whizz to do.I'd love to hear a step by step play as to what math calculations go through Gus/barry/ungar when making a play/call???Can anyone help with this??

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you guys claiming you play like gus and blah blah blah there are too many wannabe gus. no doubt gus is a great player and a lot of young kids think that is the way to play the game. although he has the ability to make the strong hands fold 95 percent of you who claim you play like gus hanson dont win a dime.