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 5 post-it notes. Plus, Barry Carter takes a sardonic look at the news!

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 with cashes in the Hall of Fame Bounty, $1K event and a win in a Main Event satellite.

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 up for the 1988 Main Event title. Callum Hamilton stops by to discuss poker stables. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk with all the big stories!

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 discuss buying action and to offer ‘The Chip Race’ a partnership with Stake Kings, allowing you to buy a piece of our WSOP Main Event. Plus, Barry Carter casts his eye over the week’s latest news!

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 undo Barry Carter’s sabotage of their book launch as the Mystery Millions tournament mints 3 millionaires!

Sarah explains the role of Instant-Media in the media landscape and the mission of Poker.Org as a platform that wants to represent the voices of the players. Pokernews’ WSOP reporting blunders are discussed as is it’s deterioration as a poker media outlet in general.

David expresses his disappointment as disgraced podcaster ‘True Geordie’ signs with GGPoker, Dara talks about streakiness in poker, Sarah calls children tiny serial killers and everyone weighs in on the upcoming Poker Hall Of Fame nominations.

The episode ends with a plug for the UNIBET OPEN BUCHAREST which will take place between November 29th and December 3rd. Satellites for what David predicts will be a record-breaking event are already running on Unibet Poker.

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 Irish poker open. Jesse Fullen stops by to discuss the 2023 WSOP. Plus, Barry Carter takes a satirical look at the news!

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 stops by to discuss ‘poker beefs’. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk!

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 prospective buyers of the book.

From there, the conversation turns to a few of the big stories from a wild fortnight in the poker world. Dave Hughes victory in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown ladies event is discussed by everyone as is the recent live edition of ‘High Stakes Poker’. Nik ‘Airball’ Arcot’s controversial antics are analysed as is his brief grudge match versus Matt Berkey which ended after Arcot cried uncle when minus $1,000,000.

The lads all weigh in on whether the recent explosion of Twitter Spaces in the poker community is a good or bad thing and whether it will last as a format. David brings up the developments in the long-standing Polk/Carrel feud and Phil Galfond’s lengthy article about the shifting of The Overton Window with regard to a culture of bullying in poker.

The episode ends with a quick plug for the Unibet-sponsored Festival Series which David will be playing in Malta next week.

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 of David.

There is some conversation about GGPoker’s decision to roll back their rake increases and plenty of chat about coaching techniques with players of various standards, the coach/student relationship and Faraz’s upcoming WSOP Prep course.

The episode ends with the lads giving their opinions on how to best suss out +EV sweats and David plugging Unibet’s upcoming live poker partnerships.

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’ Zukovicz. For strategy, they take a look at a classic hand, specifically the 1998 ‘you call and it’s gonna be all over baby’ hand between Scotty Nguyen and Kevin Macbride. Bryan Paris and Mike Wasserman stop by to talk about their new course on poker fundamentals. Plus, Barry Carter takes a comedic look at this week’s poker news!