PRO CHAT TRANSCRIPT - November 21st 2010
QUESTION FROM Hero_Value: have you ever played games bigger than 2k/4k or 500/1k? If so what/where?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: I have played 4-8k regularly at Bobbys room in vegas
QUESTION FROM Cardinality: Gus, does a tournament like this hold your interest? A random assortment of weaker players and relatively low prize money for you?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: This is a fairly big tourney with big payouts at the final table and it would be nice to win my own event :-)
QUESTION FROM Hero_Value: noticed you changed your plo game lately, esp cap hu, congrats man seems to be working
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: thx - I am trying to improve
QUESTION FROM pwilli8: who is the most overrated well known poker player
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: Probably Phil helmuth, but you could argue for a lot people
QUESTION FROM Louui: who do you think is the better host: norman chad, ali from PAD or gabe kapland???
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: I think they all do a pretty good job - but ALi is my favorite
QUESTION FROM d_Alves8: What do you think about Caroline Wozniacki? I think she is very hot, probably because her polish blood. Agree?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: Caroline is a good friend of mind and a heck of a tennis player
QUESTION FROM CoCoNauTa: Why are you so tight at your event? Can't make chips playing loose anymore? :(
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: yes that is the exact reason
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: they are all skillful in their separate ways
QUESTION FROM salcedo1: what is more skill of the poker games nl holdem fl holdem or plo of which on
QUESTION FROM d_Alves8: You like of Tennis Masters Series of Monte Carlo?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: I do - been there the last couple of years
QUESTION FROM Hero_Value: Gus I want your babies, how do I go about this?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: hmmmm
QUESTION FROM TH3 Sc0tt: Gus, if you win this tournament, do you think it will add anything impressive to your poker resume? As in, is a win here something to brag about for you?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: inning a tourney with 4000+ players is always impressive
QUESTION FROM salcedo1: He has 11 bracelets how can you say that
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: because it is my opinion - you are allowed to disagree
QUESTION FROM salcedo1: who is to you the best player out there
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: phil ivey
QUESTION FROM Will T 930: Hey Gus, do you love it when the pros debate folding Kings full on the river? Hahaha that was the funniest Poker After Dark.
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: it was very funny
QUESTION FROM Smiler15: how does ivey do with the ladies now he is not married?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: I dont know - he doesnt kiss and tell
QUESTION FROM salcedo1: which one is the best book in holdem play poker likd the pros by hellmuth, super system or harringtons books
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: harrington I think
QUESTION FROM The Ramones1234: did you already played the draw games on ft?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: I like the draw games
QUESTION FROM bazze91: who is the sickest bluffer out there?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: probably durrrr
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: thx
QUESTION FROM Will T 930: Every Hand Revealed is the correct answer to salcedo1's question lol. I truly enjoyed that book.
QUESTION FROM salcedo1: how much luck compare to skill there is in poker
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: in the long run - about 1% of luck
QUESTION FROM dufusone: do you calculate pot odds, number of outs, look at position, opponents stack size, etc. on every hand you do not fold?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: nope - but it would probably improve my results if I did - but then again it would take so much effort to do so
QUESTION FROM d_Alves8: It's true that do you have a house in Greenland?
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: change computer again - later guys and girls
QUESTION FROM jwbatten: did you have any bracelet bets when you won this year
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: nope unfortunately
QUESTION FROM loponen: what was your favourite moment in poker
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: when 3 girls came up to me after a tourney win and wanted to have a 4-some
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: ;-)
ANSWER FROM Gus Hansen: Later