Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:09 pm GMT by Dat_Dude
Did anyone watch this episode and see the largest pot probably ever on television?
In case you missed it (my numbers are pretty close I think):
Gus Hansen (CO): 5 5
D. Negreanu(OTB): 6 6
Preflop Esfandiari actually raised to about 2600 with junk, then Gus called and Daniel reraised to about 6k. The Magician folded and Gus called.
FLOP: 9 6 5
Gus checks. Daniel bets about 11k. Hansen raises to 26k and Daniel just calls.
TURN: 5 (you just know this is gonna get way ugly)
Gus bets out about 35k, Daniel CALLS
RIVER: 8
Gus checks with the stone cold nuts. Daniel fires out about 56k and Gus raises him All-in for another 167k more. Daniel thinks and thinks and says "If I lose this it was a huge cooler" and calls.
The total pot was almost 575k. Unreal!!!!!
What do you think of Gus's River check? He must really have Daniel read and put him on a huge hand (straight, boat, etc.) and KNEW Daniel would fire at the pot. I wonder if Gus had led that river if Daniel would have come over the top? Obviously it worked out, but before he checked, I thought to myself "bet about 90k or so". Thoughts?
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Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:36 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
Here's another thread on the same topic, yeah, he put it in general holdem, but whatcha expect... he's canadian 
http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/forum/t18676/brutal-negreanu-vs-hansen-hand?highlight=
It's hard to say because it obviously worked out for him, tbh i feel he knew DN had a full house and relied on the fact that he is Gus Hansen both to provoke a river bet from DN and to expect a call from his check/raise, purely because he is Gus Hansen and Gus Hansen makes moves like that!
Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:40 pm GMT by Dat_Dude
All that typing for nothing!
I guess I just figured TV poker belonged in TV section. Shame on me. 
Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:51 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
Like i said... Canadian!
And for the record... You're post is better 
I can say that with confidence knowing that he will never come in here muhahaha 
Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:13 pm GMT by UrAteUp
I answered in the other one...damn Canadians always screwing something up... 
Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:15 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
| UrAteUp wrote: | | I answered in the other one...damn Canadians always screwing something up... |
Yeah!
Iowa should invade, teach 'em a lesson!
Posted Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:27 pm GMT by vyni
Darn. I missed this hand 
I had it on last night but wasnt paying any attention to it.
Posted Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:13 am GMT by cayouche
You can only admire how great these players are...
DN couldn't fold that one, of course, but he did hesitate quite a bit before calling. DN knew that Gus would've only called if he had a 7 (9-high straight) in his hand, so when Gus pushed in, DN knew Gus had to have something better.
The fact that DN did put Gus on either quad 5s, or 9s-full, impressed me.
Posted Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:36 pm GMT by UrAteUp
| cayouche wrote: | | You can only admire how great these players are... |
I agree about admiring how good these players are.
| Quote: | | DN knew that Gus would've only called if he had a 7 (9-high straight) in his hand, so when Gus pushed in, DN knew Gus had to have something better. |
You know this is what bugged me...if DN knew Gus had to have something pretty freakin spectacular...then why did he make the all-in call?..  . Now before someone comes back and says..." You could have done better UAU?"...I never said I could. All I am asking is if DN knew something was up why did he make the call? Gus would have had to put DN on a straight or boat at least to even think or know that DN would stay in this pot.
Posted Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:50 pm GMT by cayouche
Probably for the same reason Jennifer Harman called all-in with her Qs full against the other guy's straight flush, in the ME at 2005 WSOP. When he showed, she said "I knew you had that hand.", but yet she still called.
My guess would be that no matter how good you are, there are still some hands that are tough to fold.
Posted Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:52 pm GMT by Dat_Dude
That is a very good question UAU. I honestly think the only reason DN called that was because it's Gus Hansen. By Gus betting the Turn when he hit quads and then checking on the river, it basically told DN he was holding the 5 with some other card and Gus was afraid that DN might have hit is straight.
The raise All In made DN think of all the hands that beat him, but since it was Hansen, there were hands out there that he could beat as well. Great play by Gus.
Posted Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:54 pm GMT by UrAteUp
Ok did anyone happen to catch HSP last night? I caught the last 15 minutes of it. I saw GH get mixed up in the second to the last hand with Eric Lengren (spelling?). Gus dropped about half of what he won of DN when EL spiked a K  on the river for a flush. GH had 1010.
Posted Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:45 am GMT by shorn7
Actually, they chopped that pot since they ran it twice and Gus had already won the first one. E-dog had a pair, a FD and a gutshot and gus had an overpair when all the money went in on the turn.
Posted Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:15 am GMT by kingetje
Lindgren actually had a double belly buster instead of jsut a gutshot
Posted Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:18 am GMT by Dat_Dude
| kingetje wrote: | | Lindgren actually had a double belly buster... |
Yes, but one of those would have given Gus the higher straight. No way Lindgren could have known that obviously.
What amazes me is how well Gus can put people on correct hands. He KNEW Lindgren had a big draw and the only way he could price him out was to make him push his chips in.
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