Gus Hansen has a reputation as someone who will play any two cards. He knows it and has milked that image to win four World Poker Tour titles. He bets fearlessly at a lot of pots with nothing, which gets him a lot of action. It’s a style that can pay off when he actually has something big, as with this hand from the $15,000-buy-in Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic at Las Vegas’ Bellagio in 2007.

With blinds at $1,500-$3,000 plus a $400 ante, Hansen drew king-8 of clubs in the big blind.

“An older gentleman that I played the day before who gave me the impression that he played tight but was playing a lot of hands raised to $10,600 in middle position,” Hansen said. “I’m in the big blind and have K-8 suited, a reasonable hand. I decided to take a flop (getting about 3-1 on his money by calling the extra $7,600).”

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