A Winning Game Plan: Based on Gus Hansen

Post #2:

See previous blog entry to understand the concept of developing a Winning Game Plan based on Gus Hansen's play.

Learning to date:
Limp in with suited connectors in early rounds to risk few chips to win a big pot.

Hand 2:
Blinds 50/100
Position: BB
Hand: 8c-7h
Stack: 19.75K

Four players limp and you check your BB. Flop is 9c-6c-4c.

Open ended straight draw and an 8 high flush draw. Button bets 600.

Gus folds.

Learning:
Fold if you may be drawing dead when three cards of the same suit flop and you have a mid-level club.

Hand 3:
Blinds 50/100
Position: SB
Hand: 8h-7s
Stack: 19.65K

Everyone folds. Gus raises in SB (we don't know how big a raise.) The BB folds.

Learning
First in on the SB raise.

Hand 4:
Blinds 50/100
Position: Cut-off
Hand: 9c-7c
Stack: 19.4K

Everyone folds. Gus limps. Button raises to 350, and the BB calls. With 850 in the pot, Gus calls. Flop is Qh-Jh-5s. Gus folds after the flop is bet.

Learning:
Limp in back position with suited connectors, and call a raise behind you if the pot odds are big enough (over 3 to 1). Here he is betting 250 to win 850 or getting 3.4 to 1.

Hand 5:
Blinds 50/100
Position: 2 off button
Hand: 6d-7d
Stack: 19.15K

Gus limps along with the blinds. The flop is Jc-Js-Kd. The pot is 300 and Gus bets out 150. He gets raised and folds.

Learning:
On paired flops, make a half pot sized bet against the blind limpers.

Learning after 5 hands:
Limp in with suited connectors in early rounds to risk few chips to win a big pot.
Fold if you may be drawing dead when three cards of the same suit flop and you have a mid-level club.
First in on the SB raise.
Limp in back position with suited connectors, and call a raise behind you if the pot odds are big enough (over 3 to 1).
On paired flops, make a half pot sized bet against the blind limpers.

More tomorrow.