The Chip Race

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...

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,...

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 ta...

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 th...

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...

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 fr...

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 oblit...

For the final episode of 2022, the lads are joined by poker player, tennis player, actor, writer and WPT commentator Vince Van Patten. They also welcome poker player and author Amanda Botfeld. For strategy, they take a closer look at a ridiculous fold that David made at the recent Battle of Malta. John Duthie’s thoughts about poker marketing are deconstructed. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news des...

This week, the lads are locked in and bursting to get out to Las Vegas for the WPT World Poker Championships at the Wynn! Joining them to recap the latest news and to foreshadow what they can expect in Vegas is the WPT director of media and player communications Lance Bradley. The trio discuss poker book-writing, poker journalism and the online poker landscape today. They also look at the role tha...

For our 19th season curtain-raiser, we’ve got poker player, vlogger, The Lodge Cardroom owner and WPT ambassador Brad Owen. We are also joined by Irish player, commentator and Twitcher Tom Parsons. For strategy, Tony Dunst is here to discuss a hand he thinks he butchered from an online 2K event. Barry is at the news desk but not before he steps away momentarily to talk about his and Dara's new boo...

This week, we are locked in and fleshing out all the details of the upcoming WPT Wynn in Las Vegas. WPT executive tour director Matt stops by to help us discuss the week’s news gossip and scandal but also to shine a light of the record-breaking festival planned for December. The lads examine the Pokerstars decision to bin podcaster True Geordie after Islamophobic remarks. The conversation is then...

This week, we welcome poker player, coach and current GPI number 1, Chance Kornuth. We are also joined by Irish player and podcaster Jamie Flynn. For strategy, we dive into a hand of live from my Estrellas Barcelona deep run back in August. Debi O’Neill is here to discuss the Cardschat Poker Forum. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk!

This week, we are locked in to the Bonnington Hotel Dublin, oblivious to everything else going on in the poker world. After trips to London for the UKIPT and Dublin for the International Poker Open (IPO), Dara and David are back at their respective base camps to reflect on a fortnight of poker travel. The lads talk about the rejuvenated Pokerstars live tours and UKIPT/EPT London specifically where...

This week, we are locked in and hanging out with Grosvenor Ambassador Katie Swift. Over the course of this wide ranging conversation, the trio discuss Robbi Jade Lew’s lie detector text, Garrett Adelstein’s LA Times articles and Thomas Kremser’s controversial return to tournament directing at the Battle of Malta. Katie talks about her role as host at the upcoming Malta Poker Festival while David a...

This week, we welcome to the show poker player, YouTuber, poker room owner and WPT ambassador Andrew Neeme. We are also joined by author, podcaster and live tells expert Zach Elwood. For strategy, we do a fun crossover with fellow GPI Global poker award winner ‘The Grid’ as we look at a hand of Jen Shahade’s from the EPT Barcelona Mystery Bounty. The executive director of poker operations at the W...

This week, we are on location in Malta paying tribute to our great friend Jan Suchanek who was booked to appear on this episode but sadly passed away a fortnight ago. Dara and David venture to various spots, some closer to the sea than others, as they discuss the media coverage since Robbi Lew made that questionable Jack-High call versus Garrett Adelstein. They also brag shamelessly about the huge...

Joining us this week are 3-time WSOP bracelet winner David Baker and WSOP and WPT champion James Dempsey. For strategy, Andy ‘BowieEffect’ Wilson analyses a key hand from his Estrellas Barcelona deep run. Natalie Bromley stops by to discuss The Hearts Of Queens Project. Plus, Barry Carter has all the news. This episode is dedicated to our friend Jan Suchanek who passed away last week.

This week, the lads are locked in with poker podcaster extraordinaire Joe Ingram. (Joey arrives at the 19 minute mark) David ‘kicks’ things off by describing the comedy of errors that lead him to break three toes in three separate incidents last week, after which the conversation turns to the subject of grassroots poker. With the online festivals in full swing, there is a brief results recap and D...

This week, we welcome 5-time WSOP bracelet winner and former WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb. We are also joined by two time Unibet Open champion Matteusz Moolhuizen. For strategy, we analyse a funky spot of Dara’s from the recent EPT Barcelona. Kat Arnsby stops by to talk about The Chip Race Mystery Bounty. Plus, Barry Carter has got all the latest news!

This week, the lads are locked in and shouting out about the upcoming Unibet Online Series - Lightning! They also welcome back to the show their great friend Henry Kilbane. David kick things off by asking Henry about his recent upswing before delving into the horror story that was the night he lost 80% of his net worth. The conversation then turns to live-streaming as the the trio analyse the stra...

This week, we welcome WSOP and MSPT finalist Angela Jordison. We’ve got the second half of our Brian Rast interview. For strategy, we analyse a bubble spot with top Australian online pro Jesse ‘On The Mac’ McKenzie. Jim Reid stops by to discuss the recreational poker experience. Plus, Barry Carter is here with the news!

This week, we are locked in and eating out in the beautiful Catalan capital. Dara and David turn on the cameras in their hotel suite to discuss the Estrellas week of the EPT Barcelona festival. The conversation begins with some chat about David’s 26th place finish in the record-breaking 6313 runner main event. The lads discuss two of David’s more interesting hand histories - a 7 high river bluff a...

This week, we are locked in and zenned out with Luke ‘Slay’ Vrabel. The conversation between the lads is a wild ride that starts with the story behind the un-banning of Vrabel from the WSOP and his subsequent cash in the Main Event. David brings up Dan Zack winning WSOP player of the Year and Shaun Deeb’s unofficial ‘player of the decade’ title before the chat segues to Landon Tice’s bet with Pads...

On this week’s show, we welcome 5-time WSOP bracelet winner and super high roller bowl champion, Brian Rast. We will also be joined by poker pro, commentator, streamer and vlogger Gary Blackwood. We’ve got a strategy segment with a twist - a hand of Dara’s from the European Deepstack Highroller. David Peters (sort of) joins us to discuss the topic of taking a player out of his preparation. Plus, B...

This week we are locked in and turfed out of our hotel with Irish poker pro Turlough McHugh. The show has a WSOP wrap-up theme but the lads kick things off by asking Turlough to tell the story of his nightmare experience when he tested positive for Covid whilst staying in Ballys. The topic then switches to the positives and negatives of the WSOP’s switch to Bally’s/Paris from the Rio before moving...