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Gus Hansen’s Winning Tournament Poker Strategies Revealed

1. Strategy: Look to surprise your opponents with an out-of-the normal play. Just realize it will be more difficult to play your hand since your opponent won’t know the strength of your hand (you probably sent out a message you were weak and not strong).

Tactics: Bet out rather than check when you hit the flush on the turn. It’s okay to mix up your game and check a hand you would raise with pre-flop and bet with on the flop.

2. Strategy: Make an over-sized bet on the turn when you know you are ahead and your opponent is drawing–you don’t want to be drawn-out on the river.

Tactic: If you put your opponent on a draw, make an over-sized bet to get him to fold on the turn (putting him all-in if necessary).

3. Strategy: Know when to bluff–especially when you know your opponent is weak. There are chips in the pot waiting for you to grab.

Tactics: Bluff on river if opponent checks twice after you call his c-bet and scare cards come on turn and river. When it is two checks to you, make a stab at the pot.

4. Strategy: Attack late position by re-raising with hands that are usually calling hands.

Tactics: If you think your opponent is making a play on the button, raise with A-x. And make the raise about three times the button raise. Attack late position raisers in the big blind with even K7 offsuit.

5. Strategy: Know your opponent stack sizes at all times as it can help you to size your bets–that is, to get your opponent to fold.

Tactic: Put your opponent all-in on the flop when the flop is favorable and a call on a pot sized bet on the flop will naturally mean he must also be all-in on the turn.

6. Strategy: Slow-play the nuts on turn.

Tactic: When you hit the nuts on the turn, check to allow your opponents to catch something or bluff the river.

7. Strategy: When you spot weakness, re-raise your opponent off his hand.

8. Strategy: Bet sizing: Bet your premium hands the same amount as your steals.

9. Strategy: Miscellaneous

Tactics: Call if opponent is desperate for chips, you have a strong hand, and it won’t cost you more than 20% of your stack. When antes increase (especially a 4:1 ratio between SB and ante) be more aggressive. Also figure out the cost of a round when blinds and antes go up. The average stack compared to your stack. Sometimes you will fold the best hand. You don’t always have to make a c-bet–especially if your opponent has been playing very tight. In general, Gus aims at making a c-bet about 80% of the time.

There are more strategies at my How to Win a Poker Tournament blog (see link below).

Mitchell Cogert is the author of “Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves.” It is the only reference book to reveal the plays the Pros use to win a poker tournament. These plays are based on reviewing 20 years worth of tournament poker strategies and by actual play against Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, David Pham and other top pros. The book is highly rated with 5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.