I have a Gus

[BradleyT]

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It's said that early in Gus's career, he would turn over his cards at a showdown, and sheepishly say "I have a Gus..." Inevitably, those cards would turn out to be rags...something like 7-3 off-suit, things the average low-limit Hold 'em player would laugh at. It led to an early - and naive - impression among competitors that Gus Hansen was simply lucky. Something that Hansen doesn't mind a bit.

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Too funny.

From http://www.worldpokertour.com/player...red_player.php

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I noticed quite a few of the players in the WPT so far play backgammon. I play backgammon, and have noticed some similarities between the games, even though backgammon is a game of complete knowledge and backgammon isn't.

It's interesting that Gus mentioned thinking of Poker in terms of equity. I've not thought of Poker in those terms. I'll have to ponder some the difference between E.V. and equity. My first thought is there just synonyms, but maybe there's a subtle difference.

One thing about Backgammon -- it's definately a game of bad beats.