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 enlarge | Author: Gus Hansen
Publisher: Citadel
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 682
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 370
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0818407271
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9780818407277
ASIN: 0818407271
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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 Oh for fun! July 28, 2008
For any tournament enthusiasts, this book is really great, fun reading. Gus's reputation is well known and he is very self explanatory in his actions, style of play, and even the times things don't work out as planned. I'm not a strictly by numbers or mathematics holdem player and Gus's use of math and percentages is minimal; pot odds, estimating possible opponent's hands, but never goes overboard. I like to switch from a tight to loose aggressive style and I've already started putting some of these plays to use. Although for tourney play, the book suggests ideas and strategies that can be applied to cash games such as position play, reraises, % to bet, and so on.
Overall, this one's a keeper!
 Was suprisingly good July 28, 2008
Sitting down and starting this book, I didn't really have too many preconceptions as to what it was going to be like. I hadn't heard a lot of buzz on the poker boards about it either.
I sat down and started to read, it really did impress me. It lays out his thought process on how he wants to approach the day, the table, the hand. With all the hands laid out in order, it makes for a very easy read. This was a great thing, my wife who doesn't like the standard poker books, was really sucked in to this one as well.
Well played Gus.
nice try! July 14, 2008
I have read many poker books but this is a very particular one. Don't expect huge analysis but a honest review of all the hands of a tournament, the bad ones too. At the end the impression is that Gus wins by stealing many blinds and folding the right times (two times he folds AK preflop). Anyway a book to be read. Nice book Gus!
Must Read July 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just got back from an AC trip w/ my buddies over the long weekend. I played 3 tournaments and won 2 of them for a profit of almost $7,000/-
While trying to figure out which poker book to attribute my sucess to from the few I have been reading over the last few months, two books come to mind - 1. Harrington on Hold em Excercise book - shows you lots of examples and what decisions to make on every street. His analysis of gets you thinking about the optimal play. But perhaps even more influential was 2. Gus Hansen's Every Hand Revealed....When I first put this down, I went WOW! Is there really so much stealing going on in tournaments. But really it is not stealing as much as the right play in certain situations given your position, etc. I became so much more aware of how my chip stack compared w/ the table, with the current and future blind levels, etc. Gus takes it one day at a time in sections, and within each day, he takes it one level at a time. You really need a good strategy for tournaments....I was thinking about so much more over breaks than using the restrooms, or getting something to eat or drink...I was planning on how I want to play till the next break, how I would play each level. How many rounds of antes, and blinds did I have, what about everybody else? How agrresively should I play - in one tournament I was the chip leader in the late levels. In the second I was the short stack at the final table, hung around till there were 4 players and came back to win it. I think this book probably helped me the most. Gus is fantastic!!!!I wish he would right a book on cash games. I really need his help there.
 Not as in-depth as u might think July 3, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read more than 10 poker books written by world class pros n this is like the 12th or sth. It does cover each hand GUs played in the Aussie million, but then in terms of hand analysis is definitely not in-depth enough if you already have a solid backgroud about the game and are trying to refine that to the next level. His thought process is too simple, and explanation are not as in-depth as you might expect to get from a world-class player like him. i'm sure he thinks much more deeper than how he explained inside the book but then, just similar to his DVD, it's just too superficial, and i see no reason y he will even include simple stuff like preflop button steal with K7o against bunch of rocks, which is only like 3 lines of words in content.
If you really wana know how a pro thinks during a critical hand or some tough decision, i'll recommand Dan Harrington's no limit hold'em tournament series, all 3 volumes, even that they're like my 8th poker book set. Dan's book include more in-depth and comprehensive thought process in gaining information, utilizing table image, handling scare cards, playing maniacs, and sometimes playing marginal hands in tough early position. Also, Barry Greenstein's Ace on the River will b a great choice too (although the hand analysis section is super short, every hands are definitely worth looking) but then sorry, not in Gus's book.
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