This week, Dara and David are joined by comedian, podcaster and EPT commentator Joe Stapleton. They welcome 888 ambassador and streamer Aaron Barone. For strategy, they breakdown a hand of Dara’s from the FPS Paris. Liam Gannon stops by to talk about poker reporting and more. Plus, our resident newsman and meme-lord Barry Carter takes a deep dive i…

This week, we are locked in with popular Irish young gun Thomas Murphy. The lads review the Irish Open, mostly heaping praise on the organisers but also suggesting a couple of improvements for next year. New never before seen footage is released of David’s award-winning Karaoke performance with some remarking that it was an Easter miracle to see a …

On the week when ‘The Chip Race’ turned 9 years old, we are joined by ACR ambassador and the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker. We’ve got ipoker’s network manager Baard Dahl. For strategy, reigning Irish Open champion David Docherty breaks down a hand he played against Tom Kitt on his way to that famous victory. Michael Dwyer stops by …

This week, we are locked in with the fabulous and talented Caitlin Comeskey! The show kicks off with ‘streaky’ Dara explaining that he didn’t run naked through the Bonnington last week but rather he cashed an incredible 9 tournaments in a row. Global Poker Awards darling Caitlin delivers a reality check on what we should expect from poker’s annual …

On the week after we became a 2-time GPI Global Poker award winning podcast, we are joined by not one, but two Paris Main Event champions. We’ve got EPT champion Barny Boatman and we’ve got FPS champion Mateusz Moolhuizen. For strategy, top going Irish pro Thomas Murphy takes us through a tricky hand he played on an online final table. WPT Global P…

On the week of the 5th Global Poker Awards, we welcome to show several deserving nominees. We’ve got poker player and hilarious content creator Greg ‘GregGoesAllIn’ Liow. We are also joined by player, author and OG Podcaster Andrew ‘Thinking Poker’ Brokos. For strategy, Andrew ‘Picasso’ Hedley takes us through a tricky hand that he played deep in t…

This week, we are locked in with talented author turned poker player turned poker author Maria Konnikova. We discuss some of the recent and upcoming live poker stops on our schedules - the London Poker Festival, the Malta DSO Cup and the EPT Paris. Dara talks about his new book ‘Beyond GTO’. Maria joins David in blasting Phil Hellmuth’s take on Isa…

This week, we are joined by poker player and broadcaster Jeff Platt. We also welcome up and coming Irish phenom Simon Wilson. For strategy, we’ve got Kyna England breaking down a hand of hers from the Game of Gold final table. Shimpei Adachi stops by to discuss poker in Japan. Plus, Barry Carter casts his sartorial eye over the latest news.…

For the season 22 curtain-raiser and on the occasion of our record 4th nomination for Best Podcast at the Global Poker Awards and on the week that saw the release of ‘Beyond GTO’ by Dara and Barry, we welcome 3-time bracelet winner and 4-time poker author Matt Matros. We are also joined by Eureka Cyprus champion and Indian GPI number 1 Ankit Ahuja.…

This week we are locked in with WPT champion and self-professed ‘shit-reg’ Soheb Porbandarwala. The lads talk about the live poker going on right now on the West coast of Ireland where the water is majestic and the East coast of the US where the water is contaminated. They also weigh in on the ‘Super-User’ scandal on GGPoker and the Botfarm allegat…

For our 150th Episode Special, we are joined by EPT Prague champion Padraig O’Neill. We also welcome poker legend and alleged mobster Barny Boatman. For strategy, Jason Koon discusses a fascinating hand that he played in a Triton event against Juan Pardo. Chip Race ‘Bad Beat Competition’ winner Gary Clarke stops by to tell us how he won, how he enj…

This week, we are locked in at the Wynn Hotel for the $40 Million guarantee WPT World Championship.

For our Season 21 finale, we are joined by one of the game’s most popular content creators - YouTuber and WPT Ambassador Ethan ‘Rampage’ Yau. We also welcome WPT CEO Adam Pliska. For strategy, we are joined by Irish poker player and ACR twitch streamer Sven McDermott to discuss a very cool satellite hand. KL Cleeton talks poker trainers. Plus, Barr…

On the week before the Unibet Open Bucharest, joining us are two of the games great content creators, YouTubers and WPT Ambassadors Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen. We also welcome Irish Poker Festival Millions champion Michel Molenaar. For strategy, we are joined by Irish poker player Turlough McHugh to discuss a hand from his recent WCOOP deep run. Ka…

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 pote…

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…

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 h…

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. Dar…

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…

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…

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 wor…

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 …

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 m…

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 di…

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 a…

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 …

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 wit…

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 u…

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 disc…

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 u…

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 …

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 …

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 p…

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 …

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’ Z…

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 …

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…

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 for…

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 r…

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-…

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 Tou…

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…

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 c…

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…

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…

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 t…

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 de…

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 pok…

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 awa…

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 aft…