8. Eric Seidel vs Gus Hansen - Sick Poker Hand Series

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Shock, horror, Gus Hansen involved in a sick poker hand, this time at the Million Dollar Cash Game.

Finding AdQd in early position, Hansen raises and finds calls from Paul Kemsley (Tc9c), Tony G (As3s) and Eric Seidel with a pair of eights.

A flop of Ac 8h 4d gives Hansen top-pair with a decent kicker but he is trailing massively to Seidel's set of eights. Hansen leads out for $6,000 and Kemsley calls him thinking it was only $600! Tony G decide his weak Ace is no good on this board and folds but Seidel builds the pot by raising $14,000, a bet quickly called by The Great Dane.

With Kemsley out of the way, the Queen of spades on the turn improves Hansen's holding to two-pairs but he does not know he is a 90% underdog to Seidel, who bets $20,000! After much deliberation, Hansen makes the call, creating a pot of $75,800!

The Queen of clubs on the river completes a full house for both players! Seidel announces he is all-in, a bet that Hansen instantly calls and none of the players at the table can believe Hansen has hit a runner-runner to beat Seidel in a mammoth $197,600 pot!



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[John]

Just me? Or does this article sound like it was written by an 8 year old?

I haven't clicked "more" yet...

[mathare]

A lot of them do John.

It's certainly meaningless as a poker article. What were the blinds? Relative stack sizes? How had each player been playing? What was the size of the pre-flop raise?

It's little more than a teaser but without all the relevant details I don't see how the hand is that sick. Hansen played well pre-flop, not that bad on the flop and had outs when he called the turn bet. The real muppet seems to have been Kemsley calling a bet he though was 1/10th it's actual size.