The Chip Race

This week’s show is dedicated to Kris Bergvall who green lit season after season of this show as Unibet Poker’s Head of Poker for over six years. We wish him well with whatever is next.

On the show this week, we welcome poker tournament OG Jonathan Apestyles Van Fleet. We are also joined by the new NAPT Las Vegas champion Nick Marchington. For strategy, Dara takes a deep dive into a hand of mine from the recent Festival Series Malta. Shaun Deeb leads a conversation on bad and good poker advice. Plus our resident meme-king Barry has got all the news.

This week, we welcome to the show the GPI Number 1 poker player Jesse Lonis. We are also joined by executive tournament director of the WPT Matt Savage. For strategy, we’ve got the newly crowned Eureka Cyprus champion Leo Worthington Lees. Kerry-Jane Craigie stops by to discuss the Women’s Winter Festival at the Hippodrome. Plus, resident meme-lord Barry is here with all the latest news!

This week, we are locked in and ‘on the edge’ of our seats ten days out from the US election with poker player, statistician, author and podcaster Nate Silver.

Nate joins David and Dara to discuss his new book ‘On The Edge: The Art Of Risking Everything’, his newish podcast ‘Risky Business’ and the upcoming election, in particular the betting markets around it.

In a wide-ranging conversation, the lads delve into the world of probabilistic thinking, subjective value, marginal utility, game theory and risk.

There’s some poker chat too but this episode keeps coming back to the election as Nate gives his analysis and explains why win or lose, the nomination of Kamala Harris was the correct decision for the Democrats.

For our season 24 curtain raiser, we welcome to the show PLO beast and Upswing poker coach Dylan Weisman. We are also joined by poker player and festival organiser Jason Tompkins. For strategy, we’ve got Jesse Sylvia here to break down a hand he played against Dara in the WSOP Main event. Antonio Sapio stops by to discuss the upcoming EDGE expo. Plus, Barry’s here with the news!

This week, we are locked in to Jack Sinclair’s closet as we delve into the latest news, gossip and scandal.

Predictions (accurate ones as it turned out) are made for the WSOPE Final Table which leads the lads into a discussion on how to make the European leg of the WSOP more popular.

The current GPI rankings are analysed as Jesse Lonis fends off challenges from Adrian Mateos and Mike Watson to hold onto top spot for a 20th consecutive week. David asks Jack and Dara to rank themselves in the all-time UK and Irish list.

The lads discuss playing to study rations and downswings, offering some advice for how to cope with them. David thinks that Jack is daring Dara to play Tritons but is he?

The show ends with a deep dive into the recent articles by Kit Chellel, Jonathan Raab and David on the recent Russian botfarm scandal as the lads all express concern for the idea that in-house bots are being deployed by some poker sites.

For our season 23 finale, we welcome back WPT CEO Adam Pliska. We are also joined by poker player, ambassador, TD and a WSOP final tablist Kenny Hallaert. For strategy, we will be looking at a hand of Dara’s from the recent EPT Barcelona main event. Melanie Moser stops by to discuss her podcast ‘Her Game, Her Rules’. Plus, our third man Barry has all the news!

What a show we’ve got this week as we welcome poker player, commentator, writer and podcaster Norman Chad. We are also joined by too mixed game player Adam Owen. For strategy, we talk to Aaron Barone about a huge hand of his from the WSOP Main Event. Ivonne Montealegre stops by to discuss the upcoming Unibet DSO sponsored Malta Poker Festival Autumn Edition 2024. Plus, Barry’s got all the news!

This week, we are locked in with poker player, advocate and globetrotter Maureen Bloechlinger.

The conversation kicks off with a catch-up of Maureen’s year so far as she hunts Hendon Mob flags all over the globe. This segues nicely to a chat about her Facebook groups and the role of such groups in the game.

Dara tells us about his new course ‘Poker Study Simplified’ as he and Barry take players through their paces as they try to get to grips with ranges, solvers, GTO, exploits and ICM.

David’s recent article about late registration is discussed in depth, as is the trend towards crypto-poker sites and the potential implications for ambassadors/affiliates representing those sites.

This week, we welcome talented poker player, ambassador and twitch streamer Lukas Robinson. We are also joined by poker player and Big Game loose cannon Lily Newhouse. For strategy, we’re doing one of our classic hands, a particularly epic encounter between Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson from heads-up in the 2005 25K Monte Carlo Millions. Franke von Zweigbergk stops by to discuss the upcoming UNIBET sponsored Festival Malta stop. Plus, Barry’s got all the news!

This week (ok not really this week), we are locked in and sounding out Niall Farrell ahead of his much anticipated BBC documentary ‘The Four Rules Of The Poker Kings’ directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Greg Clark! The film was pushed back from its original April release date, as was this episode, hence a few anachronistic references to the Irish Open!

In what is nonetheless a belter of an episode, the lads preview the documentary with exclusive clips from Niall’s poker adventures in 2021/2022. Before they all get to that though, there is some talk about the Irish Open Leaderboard (AKA the Firaldo Cup) which was coincidentally won by our host David Lappin and another Niall Farrell idea ~ a Hendon Mob flag inspired ‘Amazing Race’.

The conversation then moves onto the documentary and how it captures both sides of the poker life. Niall on the felt wins are shown alongside his losses and, maybe most importantly, against the backdrop of family life. There is also footage from the life of fellow Scottish poker pro David Docherty as he navigates his way in the game.

The film ‘The Four Rules Of The Poker Kings’ airs on BBC Scotland at 9pm on August 16th. It will also be available to watch on the iPlayer.