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Every hand revealed

World Poker Tour champion Gus Hansen narrates all 329 hands of his 2007 Aussie Millions victory, revealing the aggressive, mathematically grounded decision-making behind his 'madman' reputation.

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What it’s about

Every Hand Revealed is the first poker book to turn every hand face-up: using a tape recorder he carried to the table, Gus Hansen captured and later dissected each of the 329 hands he played in winning the 2007 Aussie Millions Championship over 747 competitors. Rather than dispensing abstract theory, Hansen walks the reader hand-by-hand through five grueling days of tournament play, explaining his holdings, positions, chip stacks, pot odds, reads, and the reasoning—right and wrong—behind every bet, raise, fold, and bluff. The book champions a philosophy of controlled aggression, relentless blind-and-ante stealing, continuation betting, and constant chip accumulation, while honestly cataloguing the author's own mistakes, tilt episodes, and misreads. For anyone who wants to think like a winning tournament player, it is like sitting inside a champion's mind at a real final table.

The through-line

Who it’s for
An ambitious poker player who wants to win No-Limit Hold'em tournaments and think like a champion.
The problem
They lose chips and bust out of tournaments because they play too tight, too predictably, and make poorly reasoned bets and folds. They feel uncertain and intimidated at the table, unsure whether to be aggressive or patient, and doubt their reads and math.
The plan
  1. Approach each stage of the tournament with stage-appropriate strategy—from patient early levels to hyper-aggressive high-ante play.
  2. Steal blinds and antes relentlessly and use continuation bets to win uncontested pots.
  3. Play a wide range of hands aggressively, especially in position and defending the big blind, to accumulate chips.
  4. Make all-in and calling decisions using pot odds and equity ranges, and manipulate bet sizing to control the pot.
  5. Adjust aggression to table size and apply the ladder principle at the final table without becoming passive.
The payoff
You accumulate chips early, become and stay the chip leader, and rarely face all-in decisions for your tournament life. · You control the table tempo, win uncontested pots, and make confident, well-reasoned decisions. · You improve your batting average, reduce your mistakes, and make deep runs toward titles.

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