GUS HANSEN - EVERY HAND REVEALED
_RECOMMENDED FOR___________________________________________________________
MTT players looking to add aggression to their game
All players looking for a great read!
Gus Hansen triumphed in the 2007 Aussie Millions, winning the main event, and AUD$1.5 million. In this book he tells us how, chronicalling every hand he played, and his thought processes behind them.
Every Hand Revealed is unique in the way it is presented - Gus recorded each hand as it happened thorughout the tournament, along with his thoughts and strategy at the time. This makes for a fascinating insight into the mind of a top pro, and what it took to win a major tournament.
Most poker books that include tournament hands tend to skip or gloss over the losing hands, and concentrate on the winning ones, but this is a true re-enactment, with all 329 hands that Gus played detailed, only uninteresting mucked hands are skipped, although it would of been nice to see some of these unplayed hands.
Twenty one 'crucial' hands are given additional analysis, these are the hands that Gus designated as pivotal points in the tournament, and as such are presented with more detail about thought process and strategy.
Each chapter of the book focuses on a different day of the tournament, beginning with his preperation and mental state along with his strategy for the day, and is finished with a recap of the day. The book concludes with Gus' hints and tips section.
One of the main concepts in Every Hand Revealed is to analyse the results of an action before it is taken - and how you would respond if certain scenarios occured. Gus' strategy relies on an advanced understanding of table dynamics, the importance of the blind/ante structures and their changes as the tournament advances, how to take advantage of other players' timid play, strategic changes as the tournament progresses and difference between full table and short-handed strategies.
Gus is well known as a very loose-aggressive player, looking to see a large amount of flops, and exerting as much pressure as possible on opponents, and it's great to see what he gets away with in the course of this tournament, but it's also interesting to read the thought proceses behind these moves, and at times surprising with the depth of his analysis. He gets it wrong on occasion, but you can almost see the information being stored up to use later in the day!
We'd reccomend this obviously to MTT players, but any poker player will gain something from this book, which is not only very informative, but at times amusing, and always interesting. Its not very statistical or mathematical in nature, but more geared towards understanding how the other players are behaving at the table, and as such makes a great and easy read.
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