Poker After Dark - Gus Playing Non-Gus

  Poker players often develop a reputation of a certain style of play, and often that is as a direct result of laying a certain way. This is certainly true for the Great Dane, the man who won the first ever World Poker Tour event, Gus Hansen. Yet after a while other pros started to pick up on Gus and his style of play, and it was hurtful to his game - so he would switch it up. Sometimes that worked, and sometimes not so much.  During Poker After Dark's Foreign Born week, with players all from outside the United States, Gus tried a hand against David Benyamine in a very non-Gus like style. Let's see how it worked out.  Gus started with a nice pair of nines: ... and raised to $800. David, with big slick: ... raised it right back to $2,000. Gus thought. And thought. For a long time he was in the tank, considering what to do. In the end he just called. The flop came down: ... and Gus checked. Once more David bet out $2,000. The typical Gus move in this instance was to fold if he thought he was beat, or more likely to attack and raise. He did neither - he simply called. The turn came: ... and put David in charge. Once more Gus checked, and this time David did too. When the river came: ... and Gus checked, David bet out nearly the entire pot, $7,500. Once more it was time for Gus to think. Luckily for him he realized he had played the hand poorly, and folded.