Winning Tournament Plays From Gus Hansen's WPT Victory

Learning to date:

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.

Hand 6:
Blinds 50/100
Position: 2 off the button
Chip Stack: 18.55K
Hand: Qh-9h

Raises to 300 first in. Only the BB calls. The flop is 7h-6c-5s.

Gus uses a c-bet for $400 and gets called. The turn is 3d.

Pot is 1,450, and Gus bets 900. He gets check-raised to 2,900, and folds.

Learning:
Raise with a mediocre hand first in, when in late position
Use a C-bet heads-up in position with more than half sized bet.

Hand 7:
Blinds 50/100
Position: BB
Chip Stack: 16.95K
Hand: 2s-3s

Gus calls a 300 bet from the SB. The flop is Qh-7s-2c.

Opponent bets 400 into the 600 pot. With bottom pair, Gus raises to 900 but he folds when he gets re-raised to 4,000.

Leaning:
In BB call a SB raise first in that gives you 2-1 odds with suited connectors.
When hit a pair on flop, check raise to determine if you have best hand.

Hand 8:
Blinds 100/200
Position: SB
Chip Stack: 15.65K
Hand: 5s-7s

Gus opens with 600 raise from SB, and gets re-raised another 900. Gus calls the 900. The flop is 10h-6c-2s. Gus folds to a bet.

Learning:
Raise from SB first in with suited connectors.
Call a raise HU if odds are right (over 3 to 1). 600 to win 2,100.

Hand 9:
Blinds 100/200
Position: BB
Chip Stack: 14.15K
Hand: As-Jh

Player in 3rd position raises to 600, next player calls, and Gus calls. Still 10 handed. Flop is Qd-4c-2d. Gus folds to a bet.

Learning:
Just call A-J offsuit when there is an early position raise and one caller.

Hand 10:
Blinds 100/200
Position: 1st
Chip Stack: 13.45K
Hand: Kh-Qh

Gus opens with 600. The BB calls. The flop is Jh-Jc-4c.

Gus makes a c-bet and gets called. The turn is a 5s. Gus bets 1625 into a 2650 pot and gets called.

River is 5d. Both players check, and opponent wins with pocket 8's. Gus admits he should have checked the turn.

Learning:
Raise under the gun with K-Q offsuit.
If c-bet gets called and turn is not a scare card, check your hand.

Gus has lost 50% of his stack after only playing 10 hands! I would not be a happy camper at this point in the game.

Learning after 10 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.
Raise with a mediocre hand first in, when in late position
Use a C-bet heads-up in position with more than half sized bet.
In BB call a SB raise first in that gives you 2-1 odds with suited connectors.
When hit a pair on flop, check raise to determine if you have best hand.
Raise from SB first in with suited connectors.
Call a raise HU if odds are right (over 3 to 1).
Just call A-J offsuit when there is an early position raise and one caller.
Raise under the gun with K-Q offsuit.
If c-bet gets called and turn is not a scare card, check your hand.

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