The Chip Race

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The Chip Race - Season 13 Episode 5 - Phil Nagy Josh Abady Girafganger Callum Hamilton Sep 17, 2020

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This week’s show is a fire-cracker of opinion and hot topics as Winning Poker Network and ACR CEO Phil Nagy joins Dara and David in the wake of a controversial week in which he took out his ban hammer. Poker player turned app creator, the hilarious Josh Abady stops by for the first of a potentially recurring segment on life after poker. Online highstakes beast Girafganger is back, this time for some high level strategy. Poker player and writer Callum Hamilton discusses his recent article on bumhunting. Plus, news and results from Ian!

The Lock-In - Kat Arnsby Sep 11, 2020

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This week, Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin are locked in with their great friend and Unibet Poker colleague Kat Arnsby who pulls no punches when joining them in a conversation on a whole host of controversial subjects. They talk about the problem of dream-machines (Real-Time Assistants) in poker, the risks posed by unregulated app-based poker and the agent system it produces, ACR becoming the second site to ban Jonathan Little, finishing off with a discussion on the late great Mike Sexton.

The Chip Race - Season 13 Episode 4 - Shane Schleger Luciana Manolea Patrick Leonard Simon Sanchez Sep 06, 2020

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On this week’s show, Dara and David are joined by blast from the past, the charismatic Shane Schleger. They also sit down with the enchanting online beast, Luciana Manolea. The always astute Patrick Leonard takes them through a sick hand he played versus WPT champion Nick Petrangelo. French poker player and Youtuber Simon Sanchez stops by. Plus, there is a news and results round-up from Ian Simpson.

The Lock-In - Joe Ingram Aug 25, 2020

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This week, PLO icon and poker's #1 hype-machine Joe Ingram is locked in and hanging out with our hosts Dara O'Kearney and David Lappin. The conversation flows as they take on a wide variety of topics. The lads give their opinions on the hugely anticipated Polk/Negreanu Challenge and the problem of poker in the USA before sinking their teeth into a trio of GG controversies.

The Chip Race - Season 13 Episode 3 - Mason Malmuth Lynn Gilmartin Marle Cordeiro Daniel Dvoress Aug 16, 2020

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This week we have an eclectic quartet from poker's A-list. Player, author and 2+2 owner Mason Malmuth joins us to discuss his new book 'The History of The World from A Gambler's Perspective'. Poker presenter, producer, anchor and business woman Lynn Gilmartin stops by to talk about the WPT WOC and more. We've got strategy with poker pro, Youtuber and Twitcher Marle Cordeiro. We discuss poker's past, present and future with bracelet winner Daniel Dvoress. We've also got a news round-up from Ian Simpson.

The Lock-In - Henry Kilbane Aug 08, 2020

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This week, Dara and David are locked in with GTO Commentator Henry Kilbane, a young man that they plucked from obscurity and the mean streets of Bratislava, taking him to the glitz and glamour of the Unibet Open. There's loads of banter as this trio contemplate the possibility that Henry has been 'the Covid19 super-spreader' and that Phil Galfond is a paragon of the gorilla mindset. Dara gives us the cliff notes of his recent video with Adam Owen in which the pair do a deep dive into Day 2 ICM with a view to fairly buying action on GG. The episode ends with a lengthy conversation on the multiple recent controversies involving Daniel Negreanu.

The Chip Race - Season 13 Episode 2 - Isaac Haxton Ben Farrell Postflopmalone Patrick Leonard Aug 03, 2020

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On this week's show, David and Dara welcome poker phenom Isaac Haxton to the show. They also sit down with online and live crusher Ben Farrell. They examine a fascinating deep-stack strategy spot with 'Postflopmalone'. The current Pocketfives #2 ranked player Patrick Leonard joins the lads to discuss the subject of poker unions and poker stables. Plus, Ian casts his eye over the 'shit-sandwich' of news in the poker world.

The Lock-In - Luke Vrabel Jul 25, 2020

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This week, Luke Vrabel AKA ‘Slaydog’ is locked in and laughing out loud with our hosts Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin. The trio riff on a wide range of subjects including Luke’s infamous shower tweets, The parking lot bracelet win for Ryan DePaulo, America’s COVID-19 catastrophe, the sustainability of poker’s eco-system and the big series overlays being eaten by the major poker sites right now. Luke also makes the case that $10 a year for his Twitter feed is the best value poker content out there and, with the exception of this show (which is free), who are we to argue?

The Chip Race - Season 13 Episode 1 - Lon McEachern Chris Da Silva Dan Smith George Devine Jul 20, 2020

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We are back for Season (hopefully not unlucky) 13! Joining us for our curtain raiser is ‘the voice of poker’ Lon McEachern and Battle of Malta Highroller champion and Hippodrome ambassador Chris Da Silva. We’ve also got strategy from Dan Smith who takes us through a HUGE river bluff versus Fedor Holz heads-up at the 2016 One Drop. Our good pal George Devine stops by to chat about poker and his #LockdownLookback at all 12 seasons of The Chip Race. There is also news, results and meltdown chats with Ian Simpson.

The Lock-In - Jamie Kerstetter Jul 10, 2020

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This week, it's Jamie Kerstetter's turn to be locked in with our hosts David Lappin and Dara O'Kearney and wow does this year's 'Poker Twitter Personality Of The Year' bring some fire! The gloves are off as she discusses the possibility of VPNing on GG during the WSOP Online events. Dara calls out for an explicit statement from GG on this subject so players are not exposed to a negative freeroll. There is a funny chat about twitch streaming as Jamie admits that it's not her favourite platform and David admits that he couldn't stream entirely sober. Speaking of admissions, Jamie confesses to only watching 'The Wire' for the first time during Lockdown. The conversation then turns to Mike Matusow's recent meltdown and the lack of response from the WSOP. Dara, David and Jamie all weigh in on this low-point for poker, looking at the shameful incident from all sides.

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