The GPI Global Poker Award Winning Podcast, sponsored by Unibet Poker, presented by David Lappin and Dara O'Kearney
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This week we are locked in with not one, not two but three guests as James Hartigan, JP McCann and Lauren Mooney all stop by to discuss a myriad of topics. This bumper episode covers the upcoming Irish Open in Sydney, the potential changes to the Irish regulations as they pertain to poker, the success of the Pokerstars Opens, the WSOP Main Event final table, Jason Koon’s induction to the Hall of Fame and the EPT Barcelona - in particular the livestream schedule and the absence of Joe Stapleton. Dara and David give their frank takes as always, plus we find out which member of legendary duos Jam
For our Season 29 curtain-raiser, we are joined by PokerGo tour multi-champion Brock Wilson. We also welcome the WSOP $50K bracelet winner Jamie Dwan. For strategy, we take a look at a hand versus Jaime Staples that Dara played on his way to a 2nd place finish in the Partypoker Live London Highroller. Crispin Rovere stops by to discuss his ongoing CoinPoker Investigation. Plus, the Meme-Lord has all the news!
Joining us for this very special episode is WSOP bracelet winner and Academy Award nominee, Jennifer Tilly. We also welcome WSOP Main Event champion Daniel Weinman. For strategy, Jamie Dwan stops by with a brilliant hand from his WSOP 50k victory. Dara and David discuss the sponsorship deals that got away. Plus, the greatest poker newsman on the planet Barry Carter has all the news.
For our Season 28 finale, joining us is a PokerStars ambassador and presumptive Hall of Fame inductee Jason Koon. We also welcome global poker award-winning EPT tournament director Toby Stone. For strategy, Jamie Flynn brings us a hand from his WSOP 3K deep run. Mike Holtz stops to discuss his career and this year's WSOP so far. Plus, Barry Carter has all the news!
This week, David and Dara are joined by 2-time WSOP champion and WPT champion Tyler Patterson. They also welcome WSOP bracelet winner and Main Event finalist Leo Margets. For strategy, the lads analyse a hand of David’s from the recent EPT Monte Carlo Main Event. Award-winning broadcaster Jeff Plat stops by to discuss the WSOP 2026. Plus, Barry Carter tries to ram as many mentions of PartyPoker as he can into his news piece!
Joining us this week is UK Open winner, GUKPT London Main and Highroller champion and WSOPE finalist Brandon Sheils. We also welcome back to the show Monte Carlo side event double champion Conor O’Driscoll. For strategy, Irish Open champion Steve O’Dwyer breaks down a hand from the APT Taiwan. Alex Fitzgerald and Topher Goggin stop by to discuss their audio-book 'A Poker Guide for Serious Amateurs'. Plus, Partypoker Tour Madrid Highroller bubbler Barry Carter has all the latest news.
This week, we are joined by 3-time WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva. We also welcome the hottest poker content creator Liam 'BigLi' Hind.For strategy Turlough McHugh brings us a multi-way spot. Dylan Weisman stops by to talk all about crushing PLO tournaments. Plus, Barry Carter's got all the latest news!
This week, we are locked in with PokerStars Ambassador and EPT Paris runner-up Felix Schneiders. We discuss Felix’s long road from a $50 deposit and streaming in his parent’s basement to the bright lights of the EPT Paris Final Table. There are plenty of great insights as he analyses the streaming space and how happy accidents helped pave the way for him in the game. The attention then turns to the recent PokerGo studio domination of Brock Wilson who held off a challenge from his girlfriend Cherish Andrews to complete a rare back-to-back in PokerGo events. The recent ‘Mechanics of Poker’ podca
This week, we welcome to the show Belgian beast Thomas Boivin. We are also joined by Irish Open 2026 4th place finisher Daryl McAleenan. For strategy, Kyna England brings a hand she played versus Faraz Jaka. Matt Savage stops by to discuss the various types of satellites. Plus, Simplify Poker's Barry Carter hunts for some of the lesser covered recent news stories! For more info about this week's headliner Thomas Boivin, head over to: thomasboivin.poker/ For more info about his new role at Octopi Poker, go to: octopipoker.ai/boivin
On the week of The Irish Open 2026, sponsored by PokerStars and PaddyPower, we’ve got a phenomenal show! Joining us is live and online cash game and tournament beast Mat Frankland. We also welcome the 2022 Irish open champion Steve O’Dwyer. For strategy, we look at a hand of mine from the PartyPoker Sheffield main event. Michael Dwyer stops by to discuss some friendly rivalry between poker training sites Simplify Poker and Jaka Coaching. Plus, Best selling poker author Barry Carter has all the latest news.
This week, we are locked in with high stakes pro, coach and ‘Punt of the Day’ writer Sam Greenwood. In a wide ranging conversation, the lads talk all about Sam’s daily content, a recent viral tweet by Brad Owen, swings and burnout. Dara reflects on an old blog called ‘Boxes’ which breaks down the real job of the online grinder, David expresses his desire to see the return of multi-table SNGs and Sam reminisces about his first ever live package win. To wrap things up, there used to be done chat about SCOOP, the upcoming Irish Open and PaddyPower Poker’s Vegas promotion. If you’d like to subscri
For our first show sponsored by PokerStars and PaddyPowerPoker, we are joined by poker player, author, podcaster, TV writer and PokerStars ambassador Maria Konnikova. We also welcome mixed game poker player, coach, YouTuber and commentator Chris Vitch. For strategy, we welcome back to the show WPT World championship runner up Soheb Porbandarwala to discuss the most talked about hand from that final table. Siddharth Sudunagunta stops by for another instalment of our recurring segment on ‘The Serious Recreational’. Plus, satellite padawan turned jedi Barry Carter has all the latest news.
Welcome to the Season 27 curtain-closer of The Chip Race, guest sponsored by The Irish Open. Joining David and Dara on the show this week is highstakes poker crusher Alexandros Theologis. There is also poker player, commentator and Irish Open host Phil ‘The Tower’ Heald. For strategy, Irish Open ambassador Chris Dowling breaks down an audacious bluff from last year’s Mediterranean Poker Party. Turlough McHugh stops by to discuss the multi-way poker course he made with Dara and Barry for Simplify Poker. Plus, hot off his three cashes at PartyPoker Sheffield, Barry Carter has all the latest news
After a turbulent week, we are very proud to be putting out an episode, brought to you by our guest sponsor The Irish Open. It’s a jam-packed show as usual, headlined by two veterans of the poker industry and the men behind the Irish Open - JP McCann and Paul O’Reilly. We also welcome a poker player, writer and vlogger who just recently final-tabled the WSOP Super Main in the Bahamas, Terrence Reid. For strategy, Adam Owen breaks down a much-talked about hand versus 2-time WSOP Ladies champion Shiina Okamoto from an invitational tournament in Japan. Jack Hardcastle stops by to help us dissect
For our first show of 2026, we will be joined by poker player WPT champion and the 2025 WPT World championship runner-up Soheb Porbandarwala. We’ve also got poker player, vlogger, Twitcher, EPT Prague finalist and ACR pro Conor O’Driscoll. For strategy, David Docherty brings us a fun hand. We’ve got random questions with Stephen Chidwick, Espen Jorstad, Henry Kilbane and Jonathan Jaffe. Plus, Sheffield’s finest, Barry Carter has all the latest news.
This week, we are locked in with PokerNews Managing Editor Will Shillibier. Since 2025 was a bumper year for poker news stories, the lads thought who better to hit up for an end-of-year review episode but a man who has spent over a dozen years in the news side of the industry. After Dara pitches his new multi-way Simplify Poker course, David plucks four of the biggest stories of the year to re-visit. A red-letter year for women in the game, the growth of poker in Asia and the extraordinary achievements of Michael Mizrachi are given excellent context by Will and Dara while David attempts to loo
For our final show of 2025, we welcome high-stakes poker player and Triton ambassador Danny Tang. We've also got poker player, reality TV star and ACR pro Jon Pardy. For strategy, Matt Staples plays 32 against his brother Jaime. Rob Gardner stops by to discuss the hot topic of content marketing in poker. Plus Memer-in-Chief Barry Carter has all the news!
This week, we are joined by poker player, chess champion, author, podcaster and ambassador Jen Shahade. We’ve also got Irish open champion David Docherty. For strategy, Blaise Bourgeois brings us a multiway spot from the online streets. Jesse Sylvia stops by to discuss the upcoming WPT World Championships. Plus, the never to be dethroned reigning Global Poker award winning Twitter Personality Barry Carter has all the latest news and results.
This week, the lads are locked in with poker player, PartyPoker Live ambassador and football podcaster Natalie Bromley. In what is an eclectic episode, the trio buzz around lots of poker stories. Bromley brings her vast experience as a broadcaster and pundit as they discuss the performances of women at the recent NAPT and how it is cementing the idea that 2025 is the biggest year ever for women in poker. The blink and you missed it Doug Polk heads up clash with Ossi ‘Monarch’ Ketola is analysed as David asks whether someone like Ketola should be platformed. The disappointing ‘No Limit’ documen
This week, we are joined by poker legend Phil Galfond. We also welcome to the show poker player and Twitch streamer Hayley Hanna. We’ve got a strategy segment with our pal and crusher Andreas Mavromoustakis. Ray Wheatley stops by to discuss his poker journey as a serious recreational. Plus, the greatest Memer in the history of the game Barry Carter has all the latest news and results!
What a SEASON 27 curtain raiser we have got! We are joined by not one but two Hendon Mobsters - poker legends Barny Boatman and Joe Beevers are here. For strategy, Chance Kornuth stops by to break down a very funky hand from his deep run in the BetMGM Poker Millionaire Championship at Borgata. Roland Boothby talks about The Hendon Mob Championship. Plus, Barry Carter is here with the news.
What a show we’ve got for our Season 26 curtain closer! We are joined by one of the greatest to ever play the game Stephen Chidwick. We also welcome Cypriot break out star Andreas Mavromoustakis. For strategy, we look at a very cool hand that Andreas played in the WSOP online main event. Craig Tapscott stops by to discuss his ‘Mind Games’ series of articles for Poker Org. Plus, Lord of The Meme Barry Carter has all the latest news!
This week, we are locked in with dream-chaser and RecPoker podcast host Jim Reid. David and Dara talk to Jim about being the subject of Season 2 of the documentary series ‘Chasing The Dream’. They also talk about the IPT Killarney (where Dara competes for the €100,000 WPT Global Golden Ticket bonus) and poker in Ireland in general. There is a round-up of the goings-on at Triton Jeju. Bankroll Management is discussed from the winning player’s point of view while the concept of poker budget is examined in the context of recreational players. There is plenty of good-natured slagging, a little bit
This week, we are joined by the cashiest poker player in history - Ari Engel. We also welcome poker player and moustache aficionado Emmett Mullin. For strategy, we will take a look at a hand of David's from the Partypoker UK Tour Glasgow. Nick O'Hara stops by to discuss the now WPT Global sponsored IPO Dublin. Plus, Poker Twitter God, now on Instagram Barry Carter has the news.
This week, we are joined by highstakes beast and the biggest tournament winner of the last 12 months Seth Davies. We also welcome poker player and Battle Rap legend Thesaurus. For strategy, we take a look at a hand of Dara’s from a WSOP event. Ivonne Montealegre stops by to discuss the Sigma Poker Tour. Plus, Meme-Tsar and Friday Party Madness champion Barry Carter has the news!
