Professional poker play, author, and RECing Crew member Dara O’Kearney is a long-time friend of the show and a monthly contributor to our rec.poker Premium training materials. He’s back this month to talk about Final Table strategy, how to study ICM, what tips recreational players need to make better decisions, and his current plans for live poker.
Dara is active on Twitter as @daraokearney and you can find out more about him, his podcast, and the books he’s written with Barry Carter at https://rec.poker/doke
We also go over this week’s home game results and discuss these topics:
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Time Stamps
| 00:09 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 02:06 | Introduction to Dara O’Kearney |
| 02:51 | Dara talks about the Norwegian Poker Championships |
| 08:59 | Dara: Live poker is back in Ireland with a vengeance |
| 12:08 | Dara’s ways of re-establishing himself in the live game |
| 14:40 | The importance of knowing about ICM |
| 23:58 | Dara’s approach to teaching ICM |
| 28:58 | How to practice ICM |
| 33:16 | Dara: The weird thing about ICM is that there’s an advantage to not knowing about ICM |
| 42:14 | Dara explains the importance of Stack Sizes |
| 47:02 | John: Home Game Result updates |
| 50:24 | Rob: Book Study updates |
