As well as being a player, long-time friend of the show, and RecPoker collaborator, Dara O’Kearney is a coach, author of two #1 best-selling poker strategy books Poker Satellite Strategy and PKO Poker Strategy. He recently published Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book. A very popular blogger, Dara also co-hosts the GPI Award-winning Chip Race Poker podcast and the Lock-In on Youtube. He also writes a free monthly newsletter on poker strategy. He has also commentated on The Irish Poker Open, The Unibet Open, and at the WSOP. Dara became a Unibet Ambassador in March 2017. You can find out more about Dara on his RECing Crew page at rec.poker/doke. Dara is active on Twitter as @daraokearney
We also go over this week’s home game results and discuss these topics:
WSOP road trip – https://rec.poker/roadtrips/
RecPoker Staking -https://rec.poker/staking/
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Time Stamps
| 00:08 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 00:50 | Introduction to Dara O’Kearney |
| 01:45 | How is Dara planning for the WSOP? |
| 06:05 | Dara on handling fund conversion and event registration |
| 09:46 | Dara’s recommendation for first-timers going to the event |
| 13:29 | Dara says something about queuing etiquette in Europe |
| 15:05 | How Dara might use ICM to increase ROI |
| 24:24 | How to think about whether to call or not |
| 30:26 | Dara’s recommended pre-flop tools |
| 34:36 | What’s the cost of folding incorrectly? |
| 38:00 | Jim: Knowing the theory for short-handed play |
