The Chip Race

This week, we are partly on location at the Malta Poker Festival and partly back at our desks.

After firing ‘a sea of bullets’ into various events at the MPF - Spring Edition, we look back on what was a brilliantly run event helmed by the inimitable Ivonne Montealegre.

Our guest Franke von Zweigbergk big-timed us so we did our best to plug the upcoming UNIBET sponsored Festival Series stops in Rozvadov, Malta and Bratislava without him.

We also discuss a WSOP rule about texting at the table, ACR’s decision to sit out some poker bots midway through The Venom, Dominik Nitsche’s phenomenal victory in that tournament and the recent Irish Poker Tour Monster event.

Before signing off, we remind everyone about the 2nd CHIP RACE SERIES being held on Unibet Poker this week, boasting a €200,000 guarantee and almost €10K in added prizes!

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 into the latest stories.

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 Shane MacGowan seemingly resurrected!

Two controversial rulings are discussed, one from late in the Irish Open featuring Aidan Quinlan and the other involving a card-marking Italian player at the Battle of Malta.

The trio discuss the decision to ban stables taken by GGPoker Russian skin PokerOK, which segues into a more general discussion on the need for winning players as part of poker’s unique selling point.

Finally, the upcoming CHIP RACE SERIES on Unibet Poker is announced - an 8-day, 26 tournament €200,000 guaranteed festival from May 5th-12th with €8000 added in extra prizes plus copies of Dara’s books.

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 to discuss the crossover between poker and the business world. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk!

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 industry awards. She also helps us get to grip with what our expectations should be for ‘instant media’.

Dara reviews the Dublin Poker Festival, Caitlin reviews the RunGood Series and David previews the upcoming live events that UNIBET are sponsoring.

There’s some poker study tips and Caitlin sits on the fence about the upcoming Tice/Becker challenge. Plenty of laughs too in this episode as Caitlin explains how she tried to be a Jackass and the lads argue over who gets more sea-sick!

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 President Alex Scott stops by to discuss game security and integrity. Plus, Barry Carter casts his gaze over this week’s top news stories!

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 the Merit Poker Western Series Main Event. Ivonne Montealegre stops by to discuss the Malta Poker Festival - Spring Edition. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk!

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 Isaac Haxton’s mask-wearing. The allegations by Corel Theuma against Ant Zinno are discussed. There is also a long conversation about cheaters which is the subject of Maria’s next book.Transcript

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. For strategy, we take a look at a hand of David’s from the early stages of the recent WPT $10,400 World Championship at the Wynn. Mindset coach Elliot Roe stops by to talk about playing our A-Game. Plus, Barry Carter brings us an awards-themed news segment!