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Every Hand Revealed (2008)

by Gus Hansen(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0818407271 (ISBN13: 9780818407277)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Citadel

review 1: a look through a multi-day tournament from a hyper-aggresive player; the hand for hand analysis individually can be sparse and border on lacking much careful thought, but as a whole, represents a fascinating view into a difficult style of play; his honesty and sincerity make the reading fast and enjoyable; his statistical analysis at the end are interesting, although seems more circumstantial than definitive; overall, a unique look into a style of play that is very difficult to play, and defend against
review 2: Just like the other reviews, I'm here to tell you that this book is an insight into the in-game thought process behind the 329 hands that led to Gus Hansen's 2007 Aussie Millions Tournament victory.It outlines his style, and his sense of humour (suc... moreh as when he has a suited eight gapper!) and what factors he considers when he makes his big plays.What it doesn't show is what range of cards he just folds pre-flop.Sometimes he'll raise with disgusting hands, but what we learn from this book is how situational this is.There is pockets of high value throughout the tournament where Gus summarises a day's play, or prepares for the next. Some of them won't be applicable to everyone - the ability to steal blinds when people are reacting to the spotlights and the ladder principle, for example. Let's face it - if we ever made it to the spotlight table, we'll be the ones he's stealing from.But the meat of the book, in my opinion, is truly in the final pages.He shows us the truth of his style - that he played 329 hands very aggressively, made some huge laydowns, and some big mistakes.But he tells us he played 329 out of about 850 hands. Aggressive poker isn't LOOSE poker, it's about picking your spots.Also, he makes some other important declarations such as that he rarely bluffs. It surprised me, in fact, that he bluffs less than I do.One of the things I learned is that being a little tighter, myself, I do tend to make some blunder bluffs which is not so required with Gus' style. In the entire tournament, he made nine bluff bets.He shows us why theoretically, limping is an inferior play (but points out that he limped more than he bluffed).He shows us how the all in play is a value play, and yet, he only risked his tournament by being all in four times.All I have to do is take the lessons and apply them. less

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