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When I was a kid, Mike Tyson was a boxing monster. He was at the top of his form, the top of his game, and regularly destroyed anyone foolish enough to get in the ring with him. My friends and I used to joke about what it would take for one of us to get in the ring and go a round with the champ.

Fast forward about 30 years. Tyson’s boxing legacy is tarnished at best and he’s become a parody of himself, to the point that he had his own one-man show for a time. Meanwhile, I’m watching people play poker and writing about it, at which point you, the reader realize that this was all just a long, hack-y set-up to shoehorn the phrase “a round with the champ” into this post. That’s what I spent my last 30 minutes doing, going a round with defending LAPT Colombia champ Robbie Renehan.

Renehan, dressed in a faded red “I Yam What I Yam” Popeye t-shirt, started the round in the small blind with about 45,000 in chips.

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Hand 1
Sitting in the small blind, Renehan paid 1,400 to take a multi-way flop of 10♣ 6♦ 3♠ but check-folded to action from two other players. Net loss: 1,500

Hand 2
Renehan folded his button to one limper. Net loss: 100

Hand 3
After an early-position player limped in, Renehan put on his aviator shades and raised to 1,600. He was called by the small blind and by the early limper. They both checked a 7♠ 4♦ 10♠ flop to Renehan, who continued for 2,200. The small blind deliberately measured out a check-raise to 5,600 before the early limper instantly jammed for 16,000. That ended the hand.

Net loss: 3,900

Hand 4
Undeterred by his previous loss, Renehan three-bet from the hijack to 2,700 after a middle-position player opened for 1,200. That player was the only caller. He check-folded to a bet of 3,000 on an all-small flop of 4♠ 3♣ 7♣ .

Net gain: 4,400

Hand 5
Renehan folded pre-flop. Net loss: 100

Hand 6
Renehan opened from middle position for 1,300. The player who double-check-raised all in on Hand 3 called from the small blind. He checked the 8♣ Aâ™  Jâ™  flop to Renehan. Renehan, aviators once again firmly in place over his eyes, tested with a bet of 1,200. His opponent min-raised to 2,400, then called Renehan’s three-bet to 5,200. When the turn fell 3♦ , Renehan’s opponent checked and folded to a bet of 6,200. Renehan kept his hands on his cards until the dealer pushed him the sizable pot.

Net gain: 7,900

Hands 7, 8 and 9
Renehan folded pre-flop. Net loss: 1,100.

There it is — one round with the champ. It was an active orbit for Renehan, who came out ahead to the tune of 5,600 in chips. Those chips pushed his stack to more than 50,000 as the blinds rolled up to 400-800. He’s well above the 35,800 chip average and seems to have found his comfort zone at his table. Unfortunately for him, that table is about three tables away from breaking.

Renehan may not be Iron Mike, but I still don’t think I’d relish a round with him. There must be a softer spot out there somewhere…

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Dave Behr is a freelance contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

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