POKER INFO - PROILE - Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen is my pick to win this years WSOP Main Event!!!!!!! Good Luck Gus

This guy doesn't stand a chance against people like Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey. I'll never forget when he said I have 10, 8, offsuit I have to call for sure, and the lucky bastard caught 2 pair and took the pot. ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS GUY IS A JOKE AND IS WAY OVER-RATED.

What makes Gus Brilliant is how difficult it is to play him. You can tell on the tables no one wants to be in a hand with Gus as they dont know whether hes got absolute rags or pocket rockets. In my opinion he is the most difficult player to read, which ultimately makes him extremely difficult to play.

One thing that puzzles me about Gus - he never seems to look at the man, like no stare-downs, no searching for tells etc. He just looks at the community cards and thinks "should i bluff with my 4-2 off suit?" or "how do i trap this guy with my monster hand?" Its strange. I'm also wondering how this guy builds up a huge stack in tournaments early. He cant be messing with J-4, 6-5 etc early on or he'll go bust pretty soon.

what most are missing is that by the time u see gus on tv and decide you are an expert on his game, he has already made it through the field of hellmuth's and phil iveys. he also plays in the highest stakes games all the time. no one can play in these games for more than a week or so unless the can hold their own against ivey, brunson, chao and daniel

I just kicked Gus's butt in headsup play online. I just wish it had been in person and for real not just a computer program. But.... it was still fun to beat him. oh yea, he went all in after the flop with 3 queens, I made my flush (queen high)at the flop. and then just waved good bye to him :-)

i'm definately no math expert, but i would say poker is 30% luck and 70% skill IMO. all poker players catch lucky breaks.. but some are able to set them selves up to get better breaks, i think Gus can do that. besides that, I think he plays great - he plays the way the books tell you not too, so while many players play "by the book", he will take them out without a prob. because they ignore the fact that any two cards can win, its just the matter of playin the player.