The Chip Race

This week we are locked in with WPT champion and self-professed ‘shit-reg’ Soheb Porbandarwala.

The lads talk about the live poker going on right now on the West coast of Ireland where the water is majestic and the East coast of the US where the water is contaminated.

They also weigh in on the ‘Super-User’ scandal on GGPoker and the Botfarm allegations leveraged against ACR. The possibility of a player’s strike is discussed as some online poker rooms fail to be sufficiently transparent or rigorous when it comes to security and game integrity matters.

Dara and David also look ahead to the London Poker Festival in Aspers for which there are satellites on Unibet Poker.

For our 150th Episode Special, we are joined by EPT Prague champion Padraig O’Neill. We also welcome poker legend and alleged mobster Barny Boatman. For strategy, Jason Koon discusses a fascinating hand that he played in a Triton event against Juan Pardo. Chip Race ‘Bad Beat Competition’ winner Gary Clarke stops by to tell us how he won, how he enjoyed Unibet Open Bucharest and more. Plus, Barry Carter is joined by Daragh Davey and Ian Simpson at the news desk!

This week, we are locked in at the Wynn Hotel for the $40 Million guarantee WPT World Championship.

For our Season 21 finale, we are joined by one of the game’s most popular content creators - YouTuber and WPT Ambassador Ethan ‘Rampage’ Yau. We also welcome WPT CEO Adam Pliska. For strategy, we are joined by Irish poker player and ACR twitch streamer Sven McDermott to discuss a very cool satellite hand. KL Cleeton talks poker trainers. Plus, Barry Carter is doing spoilers at the news desk!

On the week before the Unibet Open Bucharest, joining us are two of the games great content creators, YouTubers and WPT Ambassadors Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen. We also welcome Irish Poker Festival Millions champion Michel Molenaar. For strategy, we are joined by Irish poker player Turlough McHugh to discuss a hand from his recent WCOOP deep run. Kat Arnsby stops by to discuss the Unibet Open and Unibet Live in general. Plus, Barry Carter is at the news desk!

This week, we are locked in with WPT talent Lynn Gilmartin as she prepares for the upcoming World Championships in the Wynn.

There is plenty of banter and laughs as the trio discuss special events that have been planned around the festival, including a mimosa-fueled Ladies Meet-Up game and Million Dollar buy-in event. They also weigh in on the potential effect of the WSOP Bahamas’ new parlay promotion.

The Unibet Open Bucharest is previewed. Game of Gold is reviewed, as is Alex O’Brien’s ‘The Truth Detective’. Dara teases his upcoming book ‘Beyond GTO’. There is also a chat about responsible gambling.

Joining the lads this week is elite highstakes poker player and DTO poker creator Dominik Nitsche. They also welcome the WPT’s executive tour director Matt Savage. For strategy, they are joined by Irish poker player Dylan Kehoe to discuss a hand from the recent WPT Australia in the star gold coast. Irish legend Annette O’Carroll stops by to discuss her victory in ‘The Chip Race Classic’. Plus, Unibet Poker IPO 16th place finisher Barry Carter is at the news desk!

On the week when the show is trying to be in two places at once as UNIBET sponsor festivals in Dublin and Malta this week, David and Dara are joined by poker player, commentator and WPT creative producer Jamie Kerstetter. They also welcome 13-time WCOOP champion, mixed game beast Tobias Leknes. For strategy, the lads discuss a hand of Dara’s from his final table in the Killarney IPT. Robbie Strazynski stops by to chat about the upcoming Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival. Plus, Barry Carter brings us the latest news!

This week we are locked in with poker player, writer and the Live events manager for Poker Org Terrance Reid.

The hot topic of the week is GGPoker and WSOP fudging the guarantees on the upcoming festival in the Bahamas and the lads all weigh in on the scramble for increasingly creative ways to get players to the unpopular Caribbean destination.

Dara offers some balance, crediting the operator on some of the positive contributions that they have made to poker but also warns about the historical pitfalls of a greedy approach when in a position of market dominance.

The conversation then turns to the two Unibet Poker sponsored festivals taking place in Dublin and Malta next week. David will be grinding the MPF while Dara is looking forward to a ‘David-free’ IPO.

Terrance discusses the increasing role that Poker Org is playing in the poker community before switching over to his role as judge of the HUGE CHIP RACE Unibet OpBad Beat Competition. The top 5 are announced with the winner receiving a €2000 Unibet Open Bucharest package.

Who will win a poker holiday to the Romanian capital and who will just have another bad beat story?

Joining us this week is poker player, streamer and champion of the world Bert ‘Girafganger’ Stevens. We also welcome poker player, science writer and soon to be best selling poker author Alex O’Brien. For strategy, we discuss a hand with poker player, coach podcaster and author Gareth James. Dara and David discuss the trickiness of the 30 big blind stack. Plus, Barry Carter takes a humorous look at this week’s poker news.