Jim Greer, founder of Kongregate, is an avid poker player. Now he’s using game theory to combat “dark money” in American politics through CounterPAC, an organization that threatens to outspend candidates who accept anonymous donations. He joins the show to talk about his “gamesplaying” approach to campaign finance reform and the threat that Sheldon Adelson and others pose to American democracy.

:30 Hello and welcome

3:38 Crazy happenings at the poker table

8:31 Strategy: out of position with a set in a multiway pot

23:51 Interview: Jim Greer

bovada 20+2 tourney

blinds 40/80

villain 1 stack 6344

villain 2 stack 3393

hero in BB stack 7575

Villain one opens to 280 from middle position and action folds to small blind who calls.

Hero looks down at two black 3s and completes for 200.

pot goes to 840

flop 4d9c2d

all checks around

turn 3d

we turn a set and the small blind checks to us

hero bets 528 and villain one calls with villain 2 folding

pot 1896

river comes 6c

final board run out

4d9c2d3d6c

hero holds 33 for a set and bets 766