On the week when the show is trying to be in two places at once as UNIBET sponsor festivals in Dublin and Malta this week, David and Dara are joined by poker player, commentator and WPT creative producer Jamie Kerstetter. They also welcome 13-time WCOOP champion, mixed game beast Tobias Leknes. For strategy, the lads discuss a hand of Dara’s from his final table in the Killarney IPT. Robbie Strazynski stops by to chat about the upcoming Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival. Plus, Barry Carte...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 21Ep. 4
This week we are locked in with poker player, writer and the Live events manager for Poker Org Terrance Reid. The hot topic of the week is GGPoker and WSOP fudging the guarantees on the upcoming festival in the Bahamas and the lads all weigh in on the scramble for increasingly creative ways to get players to the unpopular Caribbean destination. Dara offers some balance, crediting the operator on some of the positive contributions that they have made to poker but also warns about the historical p...
Oct 22, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Joining us this week is poker player, streamer and champion of the world Bert ‘Girafganger’ Stevens. We also welcome poker player, science writer and soon to be best selling poker author Alex O’Brien. For strategy, we discuss a hand with poker player, coach podcaster and author Gareth James. Dara and David discuss the trickiness of the 30 big blind stack. Plus, Barry Carter takes a humorous look at this week’s poker news.
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 21Ep. 3
This week, we welcome poker coach, staker and twitcher Jordan Drummond. We are also joined by poker player, WPA advocate and YouTuber Chris Read. For strategy, we talk to Faraz Jaka about a hand from his recent final table in the Harrah’s Main Event. Donal MacAonghusa stops by to discuss the role of the Tournament Director. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk.
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 36 min
This week, we are locked in and spaced out with Kat Arnsby as we discuss media/social media platforms and the marketing of poker. Dara breaks down his recent article on envy in all its forms in poker. David takes credit for five years of consistent growth at Unibet Poker. The lads also ambush Kat into giving them a Unibet Open Bucharest package worth €2000 which they plan to give away to one lucky player via a ‘bad beat story’ competition....
Sep 20, 2023•43 min
For the first episode of our 21st season on the air, we are joined by WSOP bracelet winner, Limit Holdem maestro Terrence Chan. We also welcome back Irish poker tour ambassador Andy Black. For strategy, Dara will help David analyse a hand that he played on Day 2 of the WSOP Main Event. Leo Worthington-Lees discusses exploitative poker. Plus, Barry Carter takes a sartorial look at the news!
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 50 min
This week, we are locked in with Ari Engel, a man who has more rings than he does fingers. Dara gives his best health advice while Ari talks about his struggle to maintain good eating habits on the road (bust out ice-cream and celebratory ice-cream). There is a brief chat on the Spanish tax worries as they pertain to EPT Barcelona which segues to more advice-giving - this time on how best to weather live downswings. The lads discuss the upcoming three-way clash between WPT, EPT and WSOP. David a...
Sep 06, 2023•46 min
For our 20th season finale, we are joined by 6-time WSOP bracelet winner and WSOP player of the year, Josh Arieh. We’ve also got poker player, twitch streamer and ambassador Georgina James. For strategy, Dara and David look at a hand played by Dara at the WSOP in which he deviated to an exploitative line with the flopped nuts. Bo Jin stops by to discuss poker in Asia. Plus, Barry Carter takes a funny look at the week's news!
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 26 min
This week, we are locked into the commentary booth at the Merit Poker Retro Series in North Cyprus. Dara and David analyse the action in the $2200 Warm-Up and $5300 Highroller events as well as two wild high-stakes cash games. The big topic under discussion is the Spanish tax situation and the way that it may affect EPT/Estrellas Barcelona. There are a few reasons to believe that overseas players may not be chased for tax on winnings but no clear cut assurances either so David and Dara explain t...
Aug 18, 2023•25 min
This week, we are joined by WSOP bracelet winner, our great friend Tom Hall. We’ve also got poker player, dental hygienist and talented writer Jacqueline Burkhart. For strategy, Dara and David take a deep dive into another classic hand - this one played between WSOP Main event winners Stu Ungar and Mansour Matloubi. Phil Galfond tells us about his 5 post-it notes. Plus, Barry Carter takes a sardonic look at the news!
Aug 05, 2023•1 hr 43 min
This week, Dara and David are locked in to the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas as they chase WSOP Glory! Dara is a cashing machine both before David gets there and after his arrival as he racks up scores in WSOP events, Daily Deepstacks and Satellites, making his a deepest run in the $2500 event. David manages a Day 5 run in the Main Event along with cashes in the Hall of Fame Bounty, $1K event and a win in a Main Event satellite....
Jul 19, 2023•29 min
On the week when the WSOP Main Event begins, we welcome the winner of the biggest ever main event Jamie Gold. We’ve also got poker player, survivor contestant and Floptimal creator Shirin Ozkooi. Keeping with the theme of the WSOP main event, for strategy, we take a deep dive into that classic hand played between Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel heads up for the 1988 Main Event title. Callum Hamilton stops by to discuss poker stables. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk with all the big stories!...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 29 min
On the week when Dara heads over to the WSOP, we welcome the winner of the biggest Sunday Million ever Vanessa Kade. We’ve also got GPI Global Poker Award winning photographer Hayley Hochstetler. For strategy, high stakes poker player and coach Kevin Rabichow talks us through an exciting hand he played versus Rampage. Tyler Hancock stops by to discuss buying action and to offer ‘The Chip Race’ a partnership with Stake Kings, allowing you to buy a piece of our WSOP Main Event. Plus, Barry Carter ...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 24 min
This week, we are locked in with Poker.Org’s Head of Instant Media Sarah Herring! The episode kicks off with Sarah explaining how she puts her interview subjects at ease before the conversation switches to stories from the first week of the WSOP. Chad Eveslage’s two bracelets are discussed as is Doug Polk’s celebratory laps. Dara also attempts to undo Barry Carter’s sabotage of their book launch as the Mystery Millions tournament mints 3 millionaires! Sarah explains the role of Instant-Media in ...
Jun 13, 2023•54 min
On the week that ‘The Chip Race’ was green-lit for 3 more seasons by Unibet Poker, we welcome 3-time WSOP bracelet winner, PLO legend and run it once Bossman Phil Galfond. We’ve also got Canadian poker player Elizabeth Bennett Martin. For strategy, we are joined by poker player and GOAP Kevin O’Donnell to look at a wild hand of his from this years Irish poker open. Jesse Fullen stops by to discuss the 2023 WSOP. Plus, Barry Carter takes a satirical look at the news!
May 31, 2023•1 hr 40 min
On the week when the poker community said goodbye to its most legendary figure, we welcome WSOP ring winner and EPT Monte Carlo 3rd place finisher Leo Worthington Leese. We have also got poker player, streamer and Triton champion Mark Rubbathan. For strategy, Dara and I breakdown a Doyle Brunson hand from the 2021 WSOP Main Event. Brent Harrington stops by to discuss ‘poker beefs’. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk!
May 17, 2023•1 hr 41 min
This week we are locked in for the fourth time with Chip Race newsman Barry Carter on the eve of his seventh book release and fifth collaboration with Dara. The show opens with plenty of talk about Mystery Bounties as ‘Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy’ is primed to hit the shelves. Dara and Barry give some tips on the format to whet the appetite for prospective buyers of the book. From there, the conversation turns to a few of the big stories from a wild fortnight in the poker world. Dave Hughes vi...
May 13, 2023•47 min
This week, we are locked in and handing out great poker advice with top player and coach Faraz Jaka! The lads discuss the creeping problem of AI as trainers and solver software pose a long term existential threat to online poker. Meanwhile, Dara talks about his frustration with the limitations of ChatGPT when it fails to help him take the piss out of David. There is some conversation about GGPoker’s decision to roll back their rake increases and plenty of chat about coaching techniques with play...
May 01, 2023•48 min
For our Season 20 curtain raiser and on the week when The Chip Race Series takes pride of place on the UNIBET Poker schedule, David and Dara welcome one of the greatest poker players in the world, former pocket fives number 1 and all-round crusher Conor Beresford. They are also joined by poker player, streamer and ACR ambassador Monika ‘HeyMonia’ Zukovicz. For strategy, they take a look at a classic hand, specifically the 1998 ‘you call and it’s gonna be all over baby’ hand between Scotty Nguyen...
Apr 22, 2023•1 hr 30 min
This week, we are locked in and out with newly crowned Irish Poker Open champion David Docherty. We talk about David’s epic run to the final table and decision to make no deal once he got there. David puts the Irish Poker Open in historical context and speaks about what it means to now be part of event’s folklore. Dara discusses his recent article about the positives and negatives of this year’s festival as we all weigh in on the rake, the structure, the capacity and staff issues, the livestream...
Apr 18, 2023•51 min
Coming to you this week from where it all began for the show, David and Dara are in Dublin for Irish Poker Open week. They welcome poker player and woman who launched a thousand podcast episodes Robbi Jade Lew! They are also joined by Irish European Deepstacks champion Tommy Gejeziunas. For strategy, they welcome back former Irish open champion and former Chip Race newsman Ian Simpson. Baard Dahl stops by to talk about online poker security. Plus, Barry Carter takes his usual funny look at this ...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 40 min
What a show we’ve got this week! The winningest Irish poker player of all time Andy Black is here for a hotly anticipated debate with Dara on GTO vs white magic. We are also joined by poker player and quiz show semi-pro Lori-Ann Persinger. For strategy, we look at a hand of Dara’s from a recent Irish Poker Tour event in which the villain is his former student, top Irish pro Stephen Kehoe. Jason Koon stops by (sort of) to discuss the subject of knowing what level your opponent is on and the relev...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 29 min
This week, we are locked in and wigging out with legendary poker broadcaster and WSOP Circuit ring winner Lon McEachern. The conversation kicks off with a chat about Lon’s recent WSOP victory which segues to a chat about the WSOP free-to-play app and the broader issue of online poker in America. Dara and Lon weigh in on David’s article about Odin removing its 20 second delay feature and the possibility that it can now be used as RTA. Dara makes the point that it’s impact is neither a tournament ...
Mar 14, 2023•51 min
On the week when our ungrateful audience clearly didn’t campaign hard enough for us to win a GPI Global Poker Award, we welcome podcaster and GPA winning poker broadcaster James Hartigan. We are also joined by poker player, content creator and GPA winning Rising Star in poker Caitlin Comeskey. For strategy, Tom Parsons stops by to discuss his bust-out hand from the PSPC. Jason Tompkins is here to discuss his brand new poker tour, the APT. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk!
Mar 04, 2023•1 hr 34 min
This week, we are locked in and doling out opinions with GPI Poker Information Manager and all round poker media guru Kevin Mathers. The lads discuss some recent VSO News articles, the first by talented new recruit Jon Pill who asks if Eric Persson is poker’s newest whale. The second article up for dissection is Dara’s piece on the Action Poker Tour. They examine the mission statement of the APT, the brainchild of Irish poker veteran Jason Tompkins. The conversation then turns to the GPI Global ...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 24 min
On the week that the show became the only thrice Global Poker Award nominated podcast, David and Dara are joined by WSOP champion, 6-time WPT main event final tablist and Women’s Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert. They also welcome Scottish poker pro and commentator Andrew Hedley. For strategy, Kevin Rabichow stops by to discuss a hero-call he made versus Justin Saliba on the WPT Wynn 25k final table. The lads talk about the poker media with writer, editor and podcaster Brad Willis. Plus, Barry ...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 35 min
This week we are locked in to the commentary booth at the Merit Poker Western Series. David and Dara are in Kyrenia, North Cyprus calling the action on the Warm-Up, Main and Highroller Events but they still make time to record an on-location episode featuring guest stars Jack Sinclair, La Sengphet, Michael Lech, Paul Browne, Jamie Nixon and their co-commentator Ali Nejad. After the lads discuss their experiences at the all-inclusive Merit resort, they address the appalling Pokernews article by J...
Feb 03, 2023•39 min
This week we are locked in and knocking out all our opponents with Chip Race newsman extraordinaire Barry Carter. After a dominating performance in the Unibet Poker Slobberknocker Series Low Leaderboard, Barry does a lap of honour right in the face of David who was made to sweat for his victory in the High Leaderboard. (At the time of recording, he didn’t know if he would win!) This segues nicely to the lads discussing PKO strategy with Dara providing some excellent nuggets of wisdom… which segu...
Jan 31, 2023•37 min
What a show to kick off 2023! The lads didn’t win the WPT but they welcome a guest who did in the shape of WPT Florida champion Andy Wilson. For strategy, they’ve got GPI double-bridesmaid Angela Jordison who has brought a hand from 4-handed play at the WSOP that has haunted her for 6 long months. Unibet Poker’s Andy Paton stops by to discuss poker schedules. Plus, Barry Carter keeps it fun and fresh at the news desk!
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 19Ep. 3
This week the lads are locked in and ballin’ out in the Wynn for the WPT World Championships. David and Dara are in Las Vegas to meet up with old friends, catch up with acquaintances, watch some football, flick in a Milestone Satellite and then play the $10,400 Main Event! In the first half, Dara talks about his unplanned layover in London, David talks some hand histories, the guarantee gets obliterated and there’s a surprise appearance by Phil Hellmuth. In the second half, Dara and David fire b...
Jan 01, 2023•1 hr 24 min
