The Chip Race

This week, we are locked in with WPT talent Lynn Gilmartin as she prepares for the upcoming World Championships in the Wynn. There is plenty of banter and laughs as the trio discuss special events that have been planned around the festival, including a mimosa-fueled Ladies Meet-Up game and Million Dollar buy-in event. They also weigh in on the potential effect of the WSOP Bahamas’ new parlay promo...

Joining the lads this week is elite highstakes poker player and DTO poker creator Dominik Nitsche. They also welcome the WPT’s executive tour director Matt Savage. For strategy, they are joined by Irish poker player Dylan Kehoe to discuss a hand from the recent WPT Australia in the star gold coast. Irish legend Annette O’Carroll stops by to discuss her victory in ‘The Chip Race Classic’. Plus, Uni...

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 Strazy...

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 s...

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 a...

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.

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...

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!

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 weath...

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 fu...

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...

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 sardon...

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...

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 s...

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 p...

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...

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...

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 Car...

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 con...

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...

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 class...

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 f...

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...

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 Ko...

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 possib...