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And here is what Gus Hansen was thinking during the hand:
This exerpt is taken from a danish newpaper, that Gus writes for, and its translated by me, so count on some errors along the way:
"Blinds and antes are 1700. I open in early position with a standard raise to 2100, and Daniel reraises with his two sixes to 5000. Daniel plauys a lot of hands and generaly likes to do small reraises before the flop in position. That way he feels he can control the the pot, and it makes it hard to put him on a hand. He can play sc, middle pairs or AK. His reraises are so small that its never a question of throwing my hands awaybefore the flop.
The flop comes 965 rainbow. Even if I hit my set its possible that a man like Negreanu has me beaten.
I decide to play the hand reverse to find out how glad aniel was about the flop. I check and he leads out with 8000.
Now its time to test if he just has an overpair. i raise to 26.000 and Daniel chooses, after a brief time to pay. Now I'm sure that he has a hand, and I actually doubt that my hand is good
Then the dreamcard comes. The nuts. A 5! A lot of people wil think: why lead out when you have him in the bag? I leads with 24k, which is a small amount in comparison with the pot. My bet is a continuations bet, that shall signal to Danny I have a good hand, but that its not nessesarily got improved by the turn card. It shall give him the opportunity to trap, if he has hit his full house. I actually think Daniel would play the hand the same way, and maybe thats why it works.
Now comes the last card. An 8, and I choose to check to signal: ok, I hit a good hand on the flop, but now I'm not sure its good anymore. From earlier matchups with Daniel I know he likes to valuebet the river when I check. That way I at least get a valuebet from him, and possibly all his money with a checkaraise.
That he sticks out 65k i perfect. That makes it really hard for him to get away I move all in and the pot grows to more than 400k. After some time to think, Daniel calls his last 179.000.
That - of course - was perfect for me, but if he had thought it through he should have concluded that it was a sick call. What hand could I have? 8-5? 6-5? 9-5? 8-7?
I know that I'm known for playing hands like that, but in a cash gaime I would never (or rarely) raise with a hand like that before the flop in first position.
Besides look at the action: Blinds is 300-600, with a 100$ ante.
Raise-reraise before the flopp, check-raise-reraise on the flop, bet-call onthe turn, check-raise-reraise all-in on the river. With all that action – you better have the [censored] nuts."
http://ekstrabladet.dk/poker/article189353.ece
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Thank you so much darom03. I think a lot of people have been wondering what Gus was thinking during the hand. There's also a thread on the FCP forum where Daniel insists that Gus put him on an overpair throughout the entire hand. Glad to finally find out what Gus was thinking. Thanks again.