September 28, 2009

gus Hansen, the star of poker that goes crazy for football
The Bellagio is giving the show. As always. Gus Hansen is the chip leader of the 2008 World Poker Tour Championship, the tournament takes place at the Casino in Las Vegas where they play the strongest in the world. Remained in 6. And he dominates with his aggressive style and never banal. It is one of the stars world of Texas Hold’em, although there is still a bracelet at the World Series. But for now he does not think. March 2008 To all his winnings amounted to $ 5,410,926, a figure that allows him to remain at 27th place in the ranking of earnings of all time. Not bad …

Hansen, before becoming a professional poker has been a champion of backgammon. There are features or technical issues that have helped in poker?
“No, I’m kidding … In fact there are things in common in these two games that helped me to transfer my skills from backgammon to poker: it takes a certain mentality mathematics, knowing how to calculate percentages of a certain event , it takes a lot of analysis of the game, a lot of experience and a profound ability to concentrate. Over the past 15 years I played very much backgammon and poker, and this helped me a lot ”

His style is unique: it believes it has affected the way we played today in texas hold’em?
“Well, I’m known as a player rather eccentric. Actually I think it was television to want to give me this picture, that is, what played with cards such as 4-2 off-suited (not the same suit, ndr. ). And yes, I happened to play with those cards, but they were special situations where the game was correct. Today’s game is much different than before, much more aggressive. People play many more hands, perhaps because they seen me do it successfully on TV, but certainly also due to the boom of the Internet: the boys who play online can see that sometimes should also play hands that are not much, but still fairly aggressive. Well, seeing I have learned to be more aggressive ”

What are the players who respect each other more, or who is afraid?
“I do not think being afraid of someone in particular. There are certainly some players who respect their game. Phil Ivey is very good at all facets of poker. Patrick Antonius also estimated, but still lacks something in tournaments. We all make errors of course, but Patrik can improve a lot in tournaments

Do you think it important to study the books to become really good?
As I mentioned before, the experience is a very important factor. When we played and then analyze the key hands that we played, take inspiration from books, from other players and thus also benefit from the experience of others. There are many books in circulation and I do not agree with all the ideas that they are expressed. I will not name names, but some of these ideas are at least “questionable”, so I did not express the advantage that you may have read in some books. Sometimes it would be very analyze situations better in person: Sit down with your friend and watch your hands that you played. Always try to understand what you could do better in a given situation to get a better result than what you got. That said, here comes a book really very good (laughs).. This is “Gus Hansen – Every Hand Revealed ‘. It is a book to live tournaments. This is the analysis of a tournament since its inception at the end: I brought with me a small tape recorder and described every hand that took part. From 750 players to one, and fortunately I was that player (this is the Aussie Millions in Melbourne 2007, ed)! What novelty of this book is its analysis direct hand in which I was involved with my arguments Warm sometimes correct, sometimes silly but always original and straight to the heart of the matter, with a thorough analysis of situations. I think it is a book suitable for both beginners for the more experienced players. ”

Why are there so many kids around Scandinavian good at poker?
“I think a speech like backgammon, where Denmark is strong. In Denmark, the Backgammon is a tradition, almost every play and we are strong. Many young people play, study, analyze, and this is a good way to improve. And poker with the same story: in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, there are many young people who play and become stronger. Obviously there are good young people around the world. But there are many Scandinavians who love to study, play, analyze, improve, move in the right direction. And this is why we see so many still do well in tournaments. ”

During his career, missing a bracelet at the World Series. As it would give for it?
‘It’s always nice to win a tournament. For me, it’s called the WSOP, WPT or EPT does not make much difference. And’ a poker tournament. You sit, you see lots of familiar faces, many new ones, and like any other tournament will take part to win. So, I would strongly winning a WSOP tournament, but equally I would have liked to win an EPT as the last of Monaco. But do not invest anything for a WSOP bracelet, rather than an EPT or WPT title . I want to play tournaments, do it well, make the right decisions to reach the final table. What then is to win a trophy, a bracelet or an earring does not make much difference to me. ”

His site, Theplayr.com, is now online in Italian. What is your relationship with the Italians and Italy?
“My Italian sucks! I do not understand a word I try to bluff … I do not know if you know what I mean … but we almost never guesses! ThePlayr.com born in Denmark on the Danish boys, and I am the main content … get many of my thoughts, which follows the game, as I go tournaments. Quido advice, ask questions and quizzes on the forum, where people can meet, and more, so my relationship with Italy is ok. I do not know if I should say, but I am 90 years tifavo Milan. I hope this does not make others angry fans: I like football, I like to watch and play. I know that in Italy it is crazy for football so this is a good start no? ”

What is your advice to Italian players?
“I saw some Italian players who definitely need to improve and strong Italian players, like Luca Pagano who is already very good. The poker boom has come first in Scandinavia, and is now exploding in Italy. Like all things at the beginning need to gain experience, poker is a game of experience, you must learn a bit ‘of mathematics, to analyze the opponents, basically they have to play many hands of poker, read a great book … This is a way to improve and win. There will be much poker in the future of Italy, I’m sure. ” get your poker bonus here