Our first episode of 2021 stars Italian high stakes crusher Mustapha Kanit. We welcome Grosvenor pro Katie Swift. In strategy corner, we welcome back our good friend and newly crowned WPT champion Soheb Porbandarwala. Paul Seaton joins us to talk about 'Poker On Screen'. We've got guest news-lady Kat Arnsby with all the news and results!

This week, Jack Hardcastle is locked in and hiding out in what looks like a church for this controversial episode of 'The Lock-In'.

Joining our hosts Dara and David, Jack fires lots of shots, not least in the direction of Unibet Ambassador and 'The Chip Race' newsman Ian Simpson. Of course, that’s right after the fresh-faced assassin does a little bit of bragging about his recent $270,000 score in the Blowout Series. (Ambassador material, Unibet?)

The trio say goodbye to billionaire casino magnate, Republican mega-donor and online poker's public enemy #1 Sheldon Adelson. They pay their actual respects to Chris Moneymaker as he departs Pokerstars after 17 years and chat about the rumour that he is bound for ACR.

The conversation then switches to subject of coaching as both Dara and Jack weigh in on what qualities and skillsets are required to be a good coach in the current paradigm. There are some quick takes on Tony G's imminent return to poker, his role in the poker media landscape and the news that MGM Resorts have made an $8.1 Billion offer for Entain plc, the parent company of Partypoker.

The lads finish up with not one but two nuggets of strategy, one that's particularly pertinent to the upcoming Unibet PKO Series.

This week, Ian Simpson is locked in and breaking out his old blackboard for the first episode of 2021.

Joining our hosts Dara and David, Ian weighs in on this year's farcical WSOP Main Event rebooted. Ahead of the upcoming Unibet PKO Series, the trio of ambassadors give their thoughts on why this format is so popular. The lads then talk about celebrity signings as part of a poker marketing strategy.

The conversation turns to the ongoing high profile Heads-Up matches as David sings a hilariously re-worded rendition of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'. Former school-teacher Ian gives a lesson on the different Covid vaccines. Finally, the lads give their new year's resolutions, paving the way for Dara to introduce his first 'Lock-In' strategy nugget!

This week, Neil Channing is locked in and doling out the Christmas cheer on a special holiday season episode.

Joining our hosts Dara and David, Neil explains why poker’s premiere raconteur doesn’t have a podcast of his own. He reminisces about Christmases past when he used to play poker with the other Vic regulars and tells the lads a hilarious story about some bohemian shoplifting.

Dara and David remember some of their own Christmas parties from back when they had ‘The Firm’ stable. Dara takes the piss out of David’s inappropriately arty gifts that he used to buy the lads that they staked and there’s a tale about a drunken late night marathon walk home.

The lads also reflect on how poker has changed down the years before wrapping up with some thoughts on what a strange year 2020 has been.

For our last show of 2020, we have put together one of our all time greatest episodes, starring WSOP commentating legend Norman Chad and featuring Part 2 of our in depth interview with heads-up maestro Olivier Busquet. We’ve got high level strategy from a million pound tournament with one of the games great players Sam Greenwood. There's a 2020 round-up with our good pal, Pokernews Editor-in-Chief Will Shillibier. Plus, we have news and results from last weekend’s Unibet Open with Ian Simpson!

Buckle up for our Season 14 curtain raiser as David and Dara are joined by heads-up Adonis Olivier Busquet and Twitch streaming hustler Gillian Epp. There's also a strategy segment from Unibet Open champion Padraig ‘Smidge’ O’Neill, a discussion on reading people with author and podcaster Zachary Elwood and news from Ian Simpson.

This week, Matt Berkey is locked in and dishing out some excellent advice and thoughtful takes on the hot topics in poker.

Joining our hosts Dara and David, Matt weighs in on the bizarre decision by WSOP to hold an online/live hybrid Main Event in December, despite the raging pandemic. The conversation then switches to the recent squabble between Polk and Dnegs over manually note-taking during their heads-up match and Bill Perkins tweets on the subject. After that, there is a broad discussion on competition in poker against the backdrop of betting company mergers.

David asks Matt about his role in helping Landon Tice win the MSPT Main Event which morphs into a broader chat on mindset coaching which in turn morphs into a chat on coaching in general. Dara gives his insights on a GTO Vs Exploit approach to the game. The conversation finishes off with a call-back to the previous show when the lads analysed the polling data and betting markets ahead of the US election. This time, they look at the strange anomaly of people still betting on Trump despite the election being called in Biden's favour.

⚠️ We apologise for the intermittent sound quality issues in the first half of this interview.

For our Season 13 Finale, we have assembled a barnstorming mix of poker notables. High-Stakes Pro, Chip Leader Coaching founder and Galfond challenger, we welcome the great and good Chance Kornuth. We also sit down with online SNG specialist turned cash game beast Bertey ‘bigstealer’ Bailey. Joining us to analyse a key hand from his Venom chop is the ever popular Marty Mathis. We chat to the newly crowned Unibet Poker IPO champion Ciaran ‘Underraiser’ Cooney. There’s also a news round-up with Ian Simpson.

This week Bryan Paris is locked in and dishing out some strong opinions with our hosts Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin.

On this episode, the lads discuss the use of VPNs, the upcoming grudge match between Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu and the growth in popularity and marketing potential of these types of heads-up duels. The conversation then segues to that other upcoming grudge match between Joe Biden and Donald Trump before ending with a discussion on 'Lockdown' poker and what the sites can do to better manage the ecosystem during a likely Winter boom.

The lads are back from hiatus with a BANG! Perhaps the toughest 4-person SNG they have assembled to date, they are joined by high-stakes mixed-game beast Melissa Burr, Unibet Open, WSOP and 2-time UKIPT champion Max Silver, WSOP champion and Run It Once Elite Coach Daniel Dvoress and UKIPT and MILLIONS champion Ludo Geilich. There is also news and results from the recent Unibet Open and IPO, both played on Unibet Poker.