Paul Runge and his wife LeAnn own and operate the Bend Poker Club. We talk to him about the politics and particulars of Oregon’s social gaming regulations and the business of running a poker club.

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0:30 hello & welcome 4:46 strategy 23:15 Paul Runge

Strategy

I am writing about a hand that played out this Summer at a tournament table where Andrew was sitting, along with Annete Oberstatd and Maria Konnikova. It was an $1100 buyin tourney at the Wynn..

It was fairly early stage (300/600/50). I had about 19k, and everyone else in this hand was right around 22-25k.

I was in the SB and had AQh. Annette opened utg+1 to 1500. The South American utg+2 called, and either Andrew or Maria in seats 5 and 6 called (sorry, I don’t recall which one, but it quickly becomes irrelevant). I flatted.

The player to my left in the BB raised to 5500.

Annette called, the next two players folded, and the betting was on me. Pot was 1350 plus 6000 (1500×4) plus 9500 (5500 + 4000 call) = 16850.