Posts Tagged ‘Gus Hansen’

The Week at FTP: One Million Dollars!

Ahh… late July. The WSOP is over until November, the sun is out, and the world’s poker pros have all scattered to their private islands to bake the toxins of the Rio out of their systems.

Either that or they’re sitting around in front of air conditioners, chowing down on Ben & Jerry’s, and playing a little online poker here at the Tilt. Either way, they’re certainly having more fun than me.

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The Pros Speak: Paul Wasicka

Between the cameras and commentators, it’s pretty easy to keep track of everything that’s going on at any table that’s getting media coverage. Even with that, there’s still one aspect that can’t be covered until after the fact: what’s going on in someone’s head when they’re making decisions that could double them up or send them to the rail.

Recently, Paul Wasicka was good enough to let us in on what was going through his head as a particularly memorable hand played out against Gus Hansen at the 2007 Aussie Millions. Here’s what he had to tell us:

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The Pros Speak (For a fourth time!): Howard Lederer

The last time we spoke with Howard Lederer, we covered a lot of ground. As usual, he was good enough to field a lot of questions and share his thoughts on all things poker. Of everything that we discussed, one question that came up was how - or if - other games relate to poker. As we expected, “The Professor” had an interesting take on what games best translate to poker, but also on how playing games in general helps develop critical thinking skills. Here’s what he had to say:

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Every Hand Revealed

A lot books offer profound ideas on how one should act in a given situation (Lord of the Flies and a lot of De Sade’s gems on interpersonal relationships spring to mind). Ideally, poker books as a genre are specifically geared toward this. If you’ve sat down and read even one, you know what I’m talking about.

Recently, I laid my hands on an early copy of Gus Hansen’s Every Hand Revealed, and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I have to say that I was really hoping for a chapter or two detailing Gus’ prowess/experience with the ladies. You know, some real pro tips along the lines of The Machiavellian’s Guide to Womanizing. However, this was not the case.

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The Week at FTP: The Comeback Kid

The good news: you’re heading into heads-up play at the WPT World Championship where you’re guaranteed to walk away with at least $1.7 million in prize money.

The bad news: your opponent is Team Full Tilt’s Gus Hansen and he’s got a 5-1 chip advantage.

The best news: you win!

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Heads Up: Gus Hansen Versus Beth Shak

Another week means another round of the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge is set to commence. Sure, the National Heads-Up Championship just took place and “March Madness” is about to tip off today (my money is on Boise State – go Broncos!), but I still say that we’re the best and most exciting single elimination tourney around. Today’s bout is the last of our two versus 15 matchups, with Gus “The Wilt Chamberlain of Poker” Hansen taking on Beth “I can do a lot of things with poker chips (wink, wink)” Shak. Check out the full bracket below, on to the showdown:

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