His strategy was perfect. He had to get top spot to move on and he knew all the other players wouldn't jeopardize their tournament just to call him and knock him out. He took the blinds and won some big hands and controlled the table from then on. Luck's always a factor, but sometimes you have to take the risk and just go for it. And that's why Gus Hansen is Gus Hansen.
I understand that but at the same time if another player picks up a big pocket pair and knocks him out then he looks like an idiot. Luck did play a factor on this table, but I still admire his "ballsy" aggressive strategy.
***** The point I'm trying to get across is that for the situation he was in, he had a perfect strategy. Obviously going all in every hand is a losing strategy, and once it got down to three of course you see Gus change his style, because at that point he had accomplished what he wanted (built huge chip lead, got table respect, controlled the table etc...). The reason it was perfect is because he got inside the minds of the other players (who didn't want to throw away their tournament to a wild showdown with Gus), and half of poker is being able to win those mind games. He got really lucky which I mentioned, but poker isn't all about odds and numbers, it's about playing the other people across from you, and in that respect Gus played the round perfectly.
This was sound play by Gus, actually. Weird rules. But with Gus not caring about anything but 1st place, and most players **not** caring about first place (only that they didn't finish last or second to last, etc) ... this made sense form a game theory point. He'd never do that in a cash game.
Not really though. Phil already placed, so he was just playing for chips, in which AJs is a monster in the dark. Playing to place is totally different. The small edge would be an disaster. You need at least aces to call there, and probably even fold pocket aces. If you keep folding, in this format, you WILL place, as opposed to playing monster hands and still losing 20% of the time.
Its funny that once it was clear that Gus was no longer going all-in on every blind that the other players continued to play like he was. Everyone was still either going all-in or folding on their blinds with no betting on the flop, the turn or the river.
The key is what Hellmuth said: "He went all in against the one guy who could afford to call him". Hellmuth was already qualified, so he was only playing for bonus points. Gus just got ridiculously lucky that he got a blind full house.
gus seemed like he wasnt really gonna put up with going about this slowly. He wanted to get ahead early and then play the system or just get eliminated and call it a day...
Don't forget they're playing a turbo structure where the starting stack is 15bb. Thus going all in every hand isn't such a crazy strategy. In fact given how guys played back then. I'm willing to bet moving all in with any 2 cards in a blind vs blind situation is mathematically the correct play vs Helmuth. Given people tended to call with way too tight a range back then. Gus just got unlucky he ran into a premium hand.
i like phil hellmuth and respect him as one of the greatest by far.. but watching his face when gus flopped the set was fucnin priceless... lmao i keep rewinding and lookin at him just pissed off
Cara Institute of Advanced Hypnosis It will work until you have luck and your oponents are weak but if you go against a shark and run out of luck you will get robed!
this is fkin gold. back in the days, when nobody knew really about how to play poker and it had this mysterious vibes of these oldschool pros how loved to gamble. nowadays maths killed the vibes out of poker. everybody plays solid no gambling and no charisma out there.
Funny you say that, there's a poker AI called Pluribus that uses statistics and neural networks to make decisions. It can bluff, detect bluffs, set traps, and it's most iconic move is the ALL IN. It beat professional players in a long tournament, then they played again with the same hands (for example one pro would have the hand that the AI had) and then it would still finish first. According to it's own evaluation, the AI played 798% BETTER than the professional player.
@@felixs6318 Because the bot evaluates with statistics and because of it's understanding of it, it makes way more aggressive and bluffing plays than humans would. It has no fear, just logically analizes the odds and considers that it's a good idea to bluff (it does so wayy more than humans). Therefore it's not the maths that made poker boring, it's the lack of a deeper understanding of maths.
This was sound play by Gus, actually. Weird rules. But with Gus not caring about anything but 1st place, and most players **not** caring about first place (only that they didn't finish last or second to last, etc) ... this made sense form a game theory point. He'd never do that in a cash game.
Watching this again makes me think of ross chastain's wall ride to advance. A move you may think of in the back of your mind, but one you would never actually do.
12:50 - Can't believe Esfandiari folded A8s on the button in that spot. Deeb and Ivey were really the only ones at the table who couldn't play a hand due to needing to fold their way into the next round.
I still laughting at Phil when the lady ask him... Phil... Gus goes all - in in the dark? he nailed you! xD hahahahaha I spit water drinking xD He almost cry and laught at the same time... xD
he had to win, so its all or nothing. he knew all of them were going to wait for players to bust. he just needed to get it all in until 3 players were left and then he starts playing. not running hot, just knowing what all the other players were after.
I would be sooooooo irritated if I was anyone but Gus Hansen at this table lol. Can you believe the luck of this guy? Who needs to be good at poker when you run like this huh? lol.
@all// This was entirely determined by the setup of the rules overall. He would never do that in a cash game format; but at times weird rules lead to weird optimal (game theoretically sound) play. Gus simply didn't care whether he finished 2nd or last. Made no difference whatsover. At the same time, there were several people who didn't care whether they won; all they cared about was not finshing last or second to last, etc. There is a reason that in other tournament formats, there is a gradual improvement on payouts.
Hjalmar Nyman It was some kind of staged system. Only those who advanced into the last stage got any payout (there, it was gradual, I think). They qualified by getting a certain number of points in preliminary games/tables (there were other rules for tiebreaks). This is the very last of those qualifying games; that is why everybody knows exactly which place he has to get at the very least. (And for Gus Hansen, it is #1; for some others: they only need to get place #4 or #5; they do not profit from doing better; they only want to qualify for the next stage.)
Hjalmar Nyman the only way we made the tornement is if he win that satalite they make a lote and 5 too 1 place give you pts in the end the 16 players that have more pts advance too the main event. so 2 place our 6 place for the guy as the same too others mathers i play for i lose our i win. and he as rigth evan if run out in 6 place.
Donk strategy. All-in 1 (Hellmuth): Wins a coin-flip (50/50). All-in 2 (Moneymaker): Wins with the worse hand (30% equity). All-in 3 (Esfandiari): Splits the pot with 25 % equity... All-in 4 (Deeb): Wins another coin flip (actually, slightly worse - 47% equity) Don't try this at home, kids... he got really, really lucky here.
Helmuth outright lied about Hansen moving in in the dark. Because if he knew he hadn't even checked what would he even be thinking about? He'd just immediately snap call on seeing the AJ suited. He did however know Hansen was frequently pushing with almost any two cards, but he didn't know it was dark.
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Gus acts like he's playing his last game of poker before being gunned down by a firing squad.
Underrated comment haha yeah, absolutely fearless
great avatar - william bonney is an all timer
@@jmarvins I speculate that Gus may have just finished listening to their song Leather Empire before playing this match.
Great profile Pic and album.
Gus got his money from Russian Mafia heron dealing laundering legal death cult ☠️🖤💚❤️💕✨ satanic IDOL WORSHIP character charade necromancy #birthcertificatefraud
Hellmuth's elimination lmao
I literally cracked when a third 2 appeared and hellmuth was shit faced
I'm so happy this video still exists. Legendary
Amazing right ? :P
2024 100% 😂
Honey, he went all-in the dark!!
I knew it!
principle
In this case, his "Honey" was basically Matusow hahaha
One of the most iconic poker videos of all time.
Gus plays zynga poker here.
lolol
This probably killed the entire Superstars series as Gus made a mockery of it
6:27 gus when in in the dark , "HE NAILD YA" laughed my ass off
I can imagine the people in the booth saying into her ear, "say 'he nailed ya', that'll steam him up!"
His strategy was perfect. He had to get top spot to move on and he knew all the other players wouldn't jeopardize their tournament just to call him and knock him out. He took the blinds and won some big hands and controlled the table from then on. Luck's always a factor, but sometimes you have to take the risk and just go for it. And that's why Gus Hansen is Gus Hansen.
I understand that but at the same time if another player picks up a big pocket pair and knocks him out then he looks like an idiot. Luck did play a factor on this table, but I still admire his "ballsy" aggressive strategy.
***** The point I'm trying to get across is that for the situation he was in, he had a perfect strategy. Obviously going all in every hand is a losing strategy, and once it got down to three of course you see Gus change his style, because at that point he had accomplished what he wanted (built huge chip lead, got table respect, controlled the table etc...). The reason it was perfect is because he got inside the minds of the other players (who didn't want to throw away their tournament to a wild showdown with Gus), and half of poker is being able to win those mind games. He got really lucky which I mentioned, but poker isn't all about odds and numbers, it's about playing the other people across from you, and in that respect Gus played the round perfectly.
well said
This was sound play by Gus, actually. Weird rules. But with Gus not caring about anything but 1st place, and most players **not** caring about first place (only that they didn't finish last or second to last, etc) ... this made sense form a game theory point. He'd never do that in a cash game.
that was brilliant, he more or less brute forced them ^^ still, why does "zynga" comes up to my mind watching this :D
"I had AJ of cluuuubs" - Helmuth on the verge of tears..
1:22 phil looks ready to steal someones kid at the park haha
🤣🤣🤣 nice one too funny
Jon Bois sent me here.
And inadvertently inspired an obsession with the game of Poker.
Gus doesn’t really care.
@@padraicfanning7055 "I don't really care"
That guy really sucks
all sponsored players tricking people into gambling
i remember seeing this as a kid, Hansen instantly became one of my favorites
and now he's broke
@@apt981 comes with the territory being a degen gambler lol
@@aeodian DEGEN! LMAO
How ironic that Phil says to Deeb: "Would you have moved in with AJ?" and then he's placed in the very situation.
Not really though. Phil already placed, so he was just playing for chips, in which AJs is a monster in the dark. Playing to place is totally different. The small edge would be an disaster. You need at least aces to call there, and probably even fold pocket aces. If you keep folding, in this format, you WILL place, as opposed to playing monster hands and still losing 20% of the time.
Its funny that once it was clear that Gus was no longer going all-in on every blind that the other players continued to play like he was. Everyone was still either going all-in or folding on their blinds with no betting on the flop, the turn or the river.
The key is what Hellmuth said: "He went all in against the one guy who could afford to call him". Hellmuth was already qualified, so he was only playing for bonus points. Gus just got ridiculously lucky that he got a blind full house.
gus seemed like he wasnt really gonna put up with going about this slowly. He wanted to get ahead early and then play the system or just get eliminated and call it a day...
Esfondiari was also only playing for bonus chips,
Don't forget they're playing a turbo structure where the starting stack is 15bb. Thus going all in every hand isn't such a crazy strategy. In fact given how guys played back then. I'm willing to bet moving all in with any 2 cards in a blind vs blind situation is mathematically the correct play vs Helmuth. Given people tended to call with way too tight a range back then. Gus just got unlucky he ran into a premium hand.
Came back to this video to see if it was as epic as I remembered.
Answer: Yes.
3:37- “this is the bizzarest poker I love it”
Also Phil about 30 seconds after he gets bs’d out of a hand *yells obscenities*
IDK if I'd call it getting BS'd out. The odds were 50/50, even though Phil had 2 huge over cards.
@@ThorHC11 I meant more like Gus was playing blind and happened to stumble into a good hand when Phil decides to call him
The Australian choad getting wrecked was the best part of this video
Phil Helmuth: Friendly advice, don't raise my blinds either
Gus: shoves all in blind on Phil's blinds
This might be why Gus is working as an accountant for 100K a year.
1:21 - I think that guy offered me some free candy once.
Typical Zynga play meets real life thanks to Gus Hansen, except in Zynga you will get called by half the table cause no one cares about fake money lol
lol absolutely, was thinking the same ^^
You go all in a Zynga or even the WSOP app, the whole table end up calling you on so many occasions. Haha.
and AA loses to 38
i like phil hellmuth and respect him as one of the greatest by far.. but watching his face when gus flopped the set was fucnin priceless... lmao i keep rewinding and lookin at him just pissed off
sarge jackson Most WSOP Bracelets in poker history.
00Phat12345 ok. that guy is a fucking toolbag
sarge jackson yeah right, why respect a multi-millionaire who drives a Ferrari?????
@@00Phat12345 no. Most WSOP bracelets in human history.
So beautiful ! I like it. Thank you very much, Gus Hansen.
I love it so much ! Thank you very much, Gus Hansen.
"that's actually a good flop" - Gus Hansen LMAO
Can we just talk about what a ludicrous structure this was? They all started with 300,000 on 10k/20k blinds? That's only 15bb each
Designed for max TV all in moments
16:13
Gus: It would be so interesting if I just won all the hands
Deeb: I'd like to be heads up with you with about $50k
LMAO
Watching in 2024.. such a classic with some of the greats..even had a Hellmuth blow up. And Rip Mike Sexton.
This is Pretty Good
I tired that on online poker, pissed everybody off, but surprisingly works very well.
Cara Institute of Advanced Hypnosis It will work until you have luck and your oponents are weak but if you go against a shark and run out of luck you will get robed!
It’s almost like a ponzi scheme, but it can work out.
in the long run no, in the short run yes.
Have we played together before?
I love it everytime. Thanks to you to Gus Hansen. Good Luck !
My favourite.
Played it how it should be played!
Seeing Howard Lederers smug face almost made me throw up
Zeb Andersson Deeb played with alot of that stolen money.
King Chibot But he also bought alot of ridiculous shirts with it.. so at least I got some good laughs over it
I keep watching this, Gus picked it nicely 👌
This is still incredible
Phil playing golf in them big ass pants is hilarious
In the fucking Vegas 110 degree heat too
that phil hellmuth introduction where he is playing with his chips is so creepy lol
The man can't not be awkward
thanks for the sync fix man!
Legend.
Gus would go to two zeros if that possibility existed and that’s why I like him!🤣
4:35 Gus doesn't really care
Jon bois is fantastic.
Because ITS all or nothing. Perfekt strategy 🎉😅
He can dodge bullets, but he can't dodge ducks. Quack quack!
Wow. Back when Lederer could show his face in this crowd.
1:23 phil looking like Bill Cosby watching me sip the martini he made for me
this is fkin gold.
back in the days, when nobody knew really about how to play poker and it had this mysterious vibes of these oldschool pros how loved to gamble.
nowadays maths killed the vibes out of poker. everybody plays solid no gambling and no charisma out there.
Funny you say that, there's a poker AI called Pluribus that uses statistics and neural networks to make decisions. It can bluff, detect bluffs, set traps, and it's most iconic move is the ALL IN.
It beat professional players in a long tournament, then they played again with the same hands (for example one pro would have the hand that the AI had) and then it would still finish first. According to it's own evaluation, the AI played 798% BETTER than the professional player.
@@Life-Sky I dont how this relates to my comment ?
@@felixs6318 Because the bot evaluates with statistics and because of it's understanding of it, it makes way more aggressive and bluffing plays than humans would.
It has no fear, just logically analizes the odds and considers that it's a good idea to bluff (it does so wayy more than humans). Therefore it's not the maths that made poker boring, it's the lack of a deeper understanding of maths.
@@Life-Sky ah ok. And is it a strong ai?
U got a link or something?
@@Life-SkyI took a look at this ai. It is far from loose aggressive or something. But Sure it bluffs.
the best ever
Respect to Moneymaker after that beat, I mean there's no point getting angry if you are beaten by the randomness of the cards
This match certainly is Pretty Good
This is a masterpiece
"Hansen is playing perfectly tonight" yeah all in in the dark. There you go not about skills it's about luck
Thank fuck someone knows the score on poker.. LUCK !!
You guys are just dumb..
This was sound play by Gus, actually. Weird rules. But with Gus not caring about anything but 1st place, and most players **not** caring about first place (only that they didn't finish last or second to last, etc) ... this made sense form a game theory point. He'd never do that in a cash game.
What a lineup this is
LOLOLOL... poker is soo sick you gotta Love it
Watching this again makes me think of ross chastain's wall ride to advance. A move you may think of in the back of your mind, but one you would never actually do.
Gus Hansen helping poker get banned in the US.
Your avatar is terrible - also gus is good for poker. Try again donkey
Despite this being pretty funny and good tactics... but what's with the structure... 300k starting stack and 10/20k blinds?
They played lots of games in that tournament, wanted to keep it fast paced I guess
"Well that's actually a good flop" LMFAOO the needling though
12:50 - Can't believe Esfandiari folded A8s on the button in that spot. Deeb and Ivey were really the only ones at the table who couldn't play a hand due to needing to fold their way into the next round.
I couldn't imagine that Gus Hansen would go on to lose all of his money in life.
“Phil, what happened?”
“I’m quitting poker”
It may seem funny but level of luck for Hansen was ridiculous at this tournament.
rigged
how can people even believe this is possible.
Plays that would make Jotaro proud
Gus Hansen makes the magic... Great ! Do it always, Gus Hansen ! You Can !
I THREW UP LAUGHING! phil LMAO
I still laughting at Phil when the lady ask him... Phil... Gus goes all - in in the dark? he nailed you! xD hahahahaha I spit water drinking xD He almost cry and laught at the same time... xD
The guy with those reptile glasses I forgot all about him this brings back memories😂
the whole casino should've gone up with the fire from Gus' cards
5:00 onward it's the funniest shit I've seen at a poker table
Be right back guys. I'm going to go play poker on my phone and go all in every time
How did it work?
I lost badly.
everybody has to run good at some point. He ran hot as shit
he had to win, so its all or nothing. he knew all of them were going to wait for players to bust. he just needed to get it all in until 3 players were left and then he starts playing. not running hot, just knowing what all the other players were after.
Greatest play ever ❤️
the first 7 min i remember it. i watched it on TV exactly 10y ago
Even in an all or nothing scenario it still takes balls to play like this. Most players I know would try and play tight as fuck
Freddy " Phil , do you ever talk ? " lol
Truly epic!!
omg the breaks every 30 secs...american tv does your head in
Funny seeing Howard Lederer before everybody found out he was a thief
I would be sooooooo irritated if I was anyone but Gus Hansen at this table lol. Can you believe the luck of this guy? Who needs to be good at poker when you run like this huh? lol.
I mean I'd be very happy if I was Deeb or Ivey lol, they basically got into the final table for free. All they had to do was fold every hand!
"This is bizarre Poker, I love it!"
1 hand later...
"Not against me, that was a bad play:"
Gus Hansen Amazing 🎉🎉🎉
köszi a syncelést, egyik legemlékezetesebb asztal volt...
He didn't "go crazy"... it was rational play based on the rules of that particular tournament. If anything is crazy, or flawed, it was the format.
-6,000,000 Dollars to play on FullTilt say that he's still an idiot.
Nothing wrong with the format - it made this match more interesting and brought us Hansen's strategy.
Whoa Lederer before the DOJ crushed his life into a million small pieces
@all// This was entirely determined by the setup of the rules overall.
He would never do that in a cash game format; but at times weird rules lead to weird optimal (game theoretically sound) play. Gus simply didn't care whether he finished 2nd or last. Made no difference whatsover. At the same time, there were several people who didn't care whether they won; all they cared about was not finshing last or second to last, etc.
There is a reason that in other tournament formats, there is a gradual improvement on payouts.
is it not gradual payouts in this? What was the rules? WHy are they playing like this
Hjalmar Nyman
It was some kind of staged system. Only those who advanced into the last stage got any payout (there, it was gradual, I think).
They qualified by getting a certain number of points in preliminary games/tables (there were other rules for tiebreaks). This is the very last of those qualifying games; that is why everybody knows exactly which place he has to get at the very least. (And for Gus Hansen, it is #1; for some others: they only need to get place #4 or #5; they do not profit from doing better; they only want to qualify for the next stage.)
Hjalmar Nyman the only way we made the tornement is if he win that satalite they make a lote and 5 too 1 place give you pts in the end the 16 players that have more pts advance too the main event. so 2 place our 6 place for the guy as the same too others mathers i play for i lose our i win. and he as rigth evan if run out in 6 place.
2022 and i remember this
God loves donkeys.
before this video quality was like standard, not considered bad
I like it always. Have a nice day, Gus Hansen !
The announcer, “Gus is playing perfectly!” Lol what??
Poker is just a brutal sport
I'm here because of Jon Bois.
Hahah Antonio seducing the interviewer at the end is great!
Prince Rizzler.
Pretty good.
Donk strategy.
All-in 1 (Hellmuth): Wins a coin-flip (50/50).
All-in 2 (Moneymaker): Wins with the worse hand (30% equity).
All-in 3 (Esfandiari): Splits the pot with 25 % equity...
All-in 4 (Deeb): Wins another coin flip (actually, slightly worse - 47% equity)
Don't try this at home, kids... he got really, really lucky here.
You generally don't know your win probability when betting since you can't see the other hands, so that can't be a criterion for evaluating strategy.
@@jdotoz Sure, but those were the odds. He basically lucked out four times.
That 3rd hand was pure comedy
Correct play in that situation...
Helmuth outright lied about Hansen moving in in the dark. Because if he knew he hadn't even checked what would he even be thinking about? He'd just immediately snap call on seeing the AJ suited. He did however know Hansen was frequently pushing with almost any two cards, but he didn't know it was dark.
wow, this was awesome!!!