Posts Tagged ‘Gus Hansen’
Friday Night Fights
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Always looking to push the envelope, Full Tilt Poker is now adding an extra twist to your Friday nights. The Friday Night Fights. There are three new guarantee tournaments as well the chance to rail a Heads-Up match between two of your favorite Full Tilt pros. This week’s battle will take place between Gus Hansen and Andy Bloch.
Their match will kick off at 21:00ET but you can get in on the action an hour earlier by joining one of the $5,000 Sweat Tournaments. For $11 you can enter a $5,000 guarantee tournament with a chance at bigger prizes. You have an option to choose between a Gus Hansen or Andy Bloch tournaments, if you win the Sweat Tournament and your players wins his match, you will automatically win an entry into the $75,000 guarantee Friday Night Fights Knockout Tournament.
The Friday Night Fights Knockout Tournament is the final event of the night with a $500+35 entry fee and plenty of chances for some KO dollars. The tournament kicks off at 21:00ET along with the Gus Hansen/Andy Bloch Main Event.
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Tags: AlCantHang, Andy Bloch, Bloggers on the Rail, Friday Night Fights, Gus Hansen
Tom “durrr” Dwan puts big money on the line
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Tom “durrr” Dwan issued a big challenge to poker players
Tom “durrr” Dwan threw down the gauntlet earlier this month via Bluff Magazine that involves big money and some of the biggest name in poker. Dwan spoke with them and issued the following challenge online:
“I’m making this heads-up challenge to the world. Anyone can accept. Four tables, minimum of $200/$400, and I’ll put up $1.5 million to their $500,000. We play 50,000 hands minimum and if they end up a dollar after rake they keep the side money or whatever. So basically, if you and I played and you won a dollar, you would get my $1.5 million and if I won a dollar I would win your $500,000.”
In followup forum posts, he clarified his intentions and has excluded his friend Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond from participating. It didn’t take long for some of the biggest names to accept the challenge, there are rumors running amok on the forums that Phil Ivey, David Benyamine and Patrik Antonius are ready to hit the tables and take him up on the offer.
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Tags: AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey
The Week at FTP: One Million Dollars!
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
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
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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Tags: Gus Hansen, WSOP
The Pros Speak: Paul Wasicka
Posted by The Captain | Filed under The Pros Speak
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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Tags: Gus Hansen, Paul Wasicka
The Pros Speak (For a fourth time!): Howard Lederer
Posted by The Captain | Filed under The Week at FTP
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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Tags: Gus Hansen, Howard Lederer
Every Hand Revealed
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
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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Tags: Gus Hansen, Live Poker
The Week at FTP: The Comeback Kid
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
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.
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Tags: David Chiu, Gus Hansen
Heads Up: Gus Hansen Versus Beth Shak
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Heads Up
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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Tags: Beth Shak, Gus Hansen
