The good, the bad and the Gus

donktheclown · 09-24-2008, 10:26 PM

Supporting my theory that top pros are lucky above average. Antonio is like, "wtf?".. "the guy has lost his mind"..

YouTube - Gus Hansen makes a sick call

catwoman · 09-25-2008, 07:58 AM

Omg....how can they play with that much money and throw it in all at once and not throw up

lollllllllllllll

beaston · 09-25-2008, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by catwoman

Omg....how can they play with that much money and throw it in all at once and not throw up

lollllllllllllll

Well, the thing is, it was a tournament, and not a cash game

Let's face it. Gus loves to gamble. He probably put Antonio on a small pocket pair, and went with that read. If he was right, then he was only about a 2-3% underdog in that situation. Worst case scenario is that Antonio had AK, 99 or a bigger pair, which would make him a big underdog. He definitely got lucky.

My theory:

Gus got greedy, and it actually paid off for him. He saw a chance to take out the #2 chip stack and take a dominating lead.

donktheclown · 09-25-2008, 09:40 AM

It was a winner take all, qualifier tournament but it was still a really dumb play.

beaston · 09-25-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by donktheclown

It was a winner take all, qualifier tournament but it was still a really dumb play.

No doubt. It was a horrible play, but I can understand his reasoning, as warped as it is...lol

Dyno_Don · 09-25-2008, 10:09 AM

I guess Gus figured he had more outs. It was a sick call, but he got lucky and that's what counts.