The Chip Race

This week, we are locked in and still hanging out in our Gold Coast hotel room for a bonus episode from Las Vegas. The lads discuss David’s deep runs in several tournaments, including the Main Event. (Dara made the final table of his final event the next day so check out the next episode for a breakdown of that!) Dara tells a hilarious story from The Rio restroom as the lads reflect on the end of...

This week, Dara and David are locked in to their offices in Dublin and Malta and later in their hotel room at the Gold Coast in Las Vegas! Unsurprisingly, this is a WSOP-centric episode with the lads covering all the stories from Las Vegas from both sides of the Atlantic. There are lots of matters to discuss, including ‘Foreigner-Gate’, ‘Late-Reg-Gate’ and Jungleman’s episode comeback to win the P...

On the week when the 2021 WSOP Main Event begins, we welcome to the show the reigning live Main Event champion Hossein Ensan. We also sit down with poker pro and WSOP commentator Jamie Kerstetter. For strategy, we’ve got an interesting DTO spot courtesy of online MTT beast Bryan Paris. Poker dealer and Podcaster Ross Gaff joins us for some straight talk. Plus, Ian has the latest news and results.

This week, we are locked in and happy out with the newest GUKPT champion David Docherty! David joins us to discuss his crossbar crammed career and his appreciation of a long overdue live success. Michael Addamo's purple-patch is put under the microscope, as is Phil Hellmuth's streak of final tables and Adam Friedman extraordinary three-peat. The Poker Brat's pyro-clivities are also discussed. The...

This week, David and Dara welcome one of the games greatest players David Peters. They also sit down with Irish poker player and up and coming twitcher Sven McDermott. For strategy, they examine a hand of Dara’s from the online streets in which he pulls the trigger on a big river bluff. Daniel Dvoress stops by to discuss ultra-running and what it has done for his poker game. Plus, Ian’s got all th...

This week we are locked in and selling out with Barry Carter. Our great friend and Dara’s co-author Barry joins us to discuss the stories of the week, including Jason Koon going to GG to help with game integrity and security, PokerPaint receiving a cease and desist letter and what’s been happening at the WSOP! The episode kicks off though with some hilariously shameless shilling from Dara who is s...

This week, Jared Tendler is locked in and cranking out the top drawer content as is our host Dara O'Kearney. Two book releases take centre stage on this week's show - Jared's 'The Mental Game of Trading' and Dara's 'Endgame Poker Strategy' - but not before the lads discuss the stories of the week. First up is a chat about the Unibet Online Series and Unibet Open which both concluded last weekend....

The lads open the curtain on their 16th season of the show by welcoming live and online tournament and cash game player Xuan Liu. They also sit down with SNG Wizard Josh Hoesel aka SlayerV1fan. For strategy, they look at a key hand of David’s from the 2009 Full Tilt Espana Series. Paul Seaton stops by to discuss staking. Plus, Ian’s got all the news and results!

This week, we are locked in and hammering out all the rules with TD extraordinaire Nick O’Hara. The trio kick things off with a lengthy discussion on the return of live poker in Ireland as Nick announces his IPO festival and the precautions being taken by the organisers. Unibet Poker are the sponsors once again and there will be satellite qualifiers starting this Sunday and every Sunday until the...

For our Season 15 finale, Dara and David are joined by high stakes tournament and cash game player Nick Petrangelo. They also welcome poker player, streamer and singer/songwriter Melissa Schubert. For strategy, they are re-joined by YouTuber Matt Vaughan, this time for a very entertaining strategy segment featuring a hand he played in the WSOP Closer versus Dara. Paul Seaton stop by to talk about...

The show ends with Dara telling us about his upcoming book, another collaboration with Barry Carter, this time on the subject of ICM.

This week, Barny Boatman is locked-in and lashing out at the creators of online poker 'throwables'. It's a wonderfully heterogeneous show this week as David and Dara are joined by their great friend Barny to talk about everything from ageism in poker to responsible gambling, from Communism to Full Tilt, from economic bubbles to near-death experiences, from online poker tools to cacky bog roll. The...

This week, Dara and David are joined by professor turned poker nomad Elena ‘The Groupie’ Stover. They also welcome poker vlogger Matt Vaughan. For strategy, they are joined by twitch streamer Parker ‘TonkaaaaP’ Talbot to discuss a hand he played versus former guest Olivier Busquet on ‘King Of The Hill’. With a little help from Isaac Haxton, the lads discuss poker paradigms. Plus, Ian’s got the new...

This week, we are locked in and out wringing out Kevin Mathers for all his inside information! It is with great pleasure that Dara and David sit down with Kevmath to discuss the stories of the week. The lads start off with a tribute to Layne Flack before talking about Phil Hellmuth’s 7th consecutive victory on High Stakes Duel. Using Phil Galfond’s viral Twitter thread as a leaping off point, ther...

This week, we are joined by EPT champion, Aussie Millions champion and Wynn Millions chopper Toby Lewis. We also welcome the 1999 WSOP main event 3rd place finisher Padraig Parkinson. For strategy, Dara and David take a look at one of Dara’s hands, an interesting heads up spot from an online MTT. KL Cleeton stops by to talk about carer legislation, stripper poles and Dara’s new satellite strategy...

This week, Carlos Welch is locked in and blinging out proceedings with his brand new WSOP bracelet! Carlos joins David and Dara as the trio discuss the news, gossip and scandals of the day. First in the news is of course Carlos's victory in the $888 Crazy Eights WSOP Events few days ago for $125,000. Carlos summarises the key points of the tournament before telling the lads about his rags to riche...

This week, we are joined by WPT champion and WSOP Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia. We also welcome the hardest working man in poker Christian Zetsche. For strategy, we’ve got a very special segment with Barny Boatman looking back on a hand he played versus Vicky Coren in the EPT. Jason Su joins us to talk about ‘Poker with Presence’. Plus Ian’s got all the news and results.

This week, Dara and David are locked in and hanging out with the seriously serious Thomas Keeling. The lads kick things off by sharing some memories about the 1999 WSOP Main Event champion Noel Furlong who passed away this week. The conversation then turns to the recent PokerKing WPT Heads-Up event, won by Phil Ivey. Thomas gives his behind-the-scenes perspective and insights into why the event wo...

This week, our hosts Dara and David are joined by their great friend, poker player and commentator Henry Kilbane. They also welcome poker player, coach and Chasing Poker Greatness host Brad Wilson. For strategy, they’ve got high-stakes beast and ‘Solve for Why’ founder Matt Berkey. Paul Seaton returns for the second half of our feature on his ‘Poker On Screen’ series. Plus, Ian has all the news.

This week, Parker Talbot is locked in and out-shilling the hosts! David and Dara kick things off without the man some call 'TonkaaaaP' as they discuss Gamble Online and Paul Seaton's excellent recent piece about poker player/embezzler Dennis Blieden. The pair then talk about David Peters' dominating performance at the US Poker Open. There is a lengthy conversation on Phil Nagy's indecent comments...

This week, Dara and David are joined by Poker Millions Champion, the creator of the EPT and the president of Partypoker live John Duthie. They’ve also got Upswing Poker Vice President Mike Brady. For strategy, they welcome British online poker pro and DTO streamer Andy Wilson. Bryan Paris stops by to talk about running good. Plus, Ian delivers news and results.

This week we are locked in and blurting out wrong names with Maria Konnikova. Maria brings her wealth of psychological insights to the table for a discussion on ‘Get Rich Quick’ schemes, short-term thinking, negative experiences at the poker tables, con artistry, control and poker players being their own bosses. We also talk about Anna Khait’s alleged participation in a plot to spy on FBI agents a...

David and Dara are back from hiatus with a great show, starring Super Highroller Bowl champion Rainer Kempe. They are also joined by toy shop mogul turned heads up poker pro Josh Heinzl. Science writer Alex O’Brien stops by to discuss her BBC article ‘How a $10k poker win changed how I think’. For strategy, the lads welcome EPT champ Anton Wigg. Plus, Ian will have all the news.

This week, poker legend Isaac Haxton is locked in and working out the chances of a player losing 13 heads-ups in a row. Ike joins David and Dara for a wide-ranging conversation encompassing everything from scams to vaccines to prop bets. The chat begins with the scamming allegation made by Dan Colman last week before moving to Hellmuth’s ‘hilarious’ victory over Daniel Negreanu which makes it a st...

This week WSOP POY Rob Campbell is locked in and making Dara and David laugh out loud as the stand-up comic turned mixed game Aussie pro regaled them with his funny and sometimes not so funny tales. The meandering conversation occasionally gets on track to discuss Patrick Leonard’s superb bit of sportsmanship when he prompted Pokerstars to double-check their SCOOP Leaderboard standings. This story...