Friday 23 November 2007

GUS HANSEN

It is of the names but known in the world of the poker, due to his appearances televised in the matches of the WPT.It has palmares noneven in this circuit being it gained 3 times, in year 2,003 five Diamond World Poker Classic (the Fertile valleys) and L.A. Classic Poker (Los Angeles). In year 2,004 it finished in the first place of the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure.In year 2,005 it has gained the match Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, the Fertile valleys.Native of Denmark, Copenhagen. It began to play poker in Santa Cruz, California and confesses to seriously do it from 1997. Before this was rankeado player of Backgammon, which has given certain experience him that has known to use for being successful in the world of the poker.Known like “The Great Dane” (the Great Danish), he is a very aggressive player, –incluso does not fear to play no pair of letters those that other professional players think that it is not possible to be played and doing it with raised forts pre-flop; its game post-flop is excellent.Ejemplo:Gus receives Tó (blind 5,000 – 10.000) and the bet raises 37,000, Andy Bloch with AT equals. The Flop J-5-3, both checkean, the Turn brings T. Andy Bloch decides to happen and Gus increases the bet in 35.000 and Bloch pays. The River shows 3 and Hansen bets 140.000. Bloch knowing the game its adversary thinks moments and ends up equaling the bet.This for of Gus Hansen a player very feared, never has been knowing when it is of light, and can bind almost with nobody flop, because cards plays pocket unpredictable, and obvious also receives pair of Aces, but like knowing it if it always bets?The decisive hand of its first title, receives KK and his adversary AJs, raisea Gus and its trusted adversary raises the bet, when touching the turn to Hansen says “ALL to him IN”, it would be necessary to see the face of Juanda then, with so many cards in pote and with his letters, he thought it for a moment and he equaled the bet, he finished everything there giving to Gus his first title in a great match.In another opportunity, being widely the card leader, it receives QJo in the average blind person and makes a fort raise, his adversary in the great blind person with AKs pushes all his cards and Gus accepts. The Flop less gave like QQx result and a player in the championship. Hardly eliminated they make an interview to him to this player and says that in the long run Gus Hansen never could win to him playing of that way. The certain thing is that Gus ended up gaining that match.When they ask to him as it obtains as much superiority in the game with so bad letters, it responds humbly that it is not that it is better than the others but that simply somebody must win.D and first in entering the Hall FAMA of the WPT next to Doyle Brunson is one.It plays few matches, but certainly it has been in which they give to fame and recognition you and by the way that has done it very well.When it gained its first match WPT, counting on the age of 28 years, they did an interview to him and in her it told that normally it played live games of NL $400-$800. His adversary in the end of this match was John Juanda, and the reporter asks if he had made some deal with his adversary, and responded that normally he does not offer treatments but if John had offered it with taste had spoken on it.He names to Scotty Nguyen like a the player whom but he respects. He admires as this one moves its cards.