Dara O’Kearney is the co-host of “The Chip Race” podcast and “The Lock-in” YouTube video series. He has authored two books, Poker Satellite Strategy (excerpt here) and PKO Poker Strategy. He is currently hoping to complete his next book on ICM (Independent Chip Model) by late August / early September. Dara has been a great friend of RecPoker as a podcast guest, Twitter supporter, and presenter at the RECies Awards. You can follow him on Twitter at @daraokearney
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Time Stamps
| 00:13 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 01:51 | Introduction to Dara O’Kearney |
| 02:31 | What’s the latest with Dara |
| 04:14 | Dara’s poker journey with his students |
| 08:51 | Dara talks more about bubble play and ICM |
| 14:04 | Explaining ICM to the newbies |
| 25:01 | Dara’s recommendations when playing chop |
| 29:43 | Other ways to understand the ICM |
| 32:52 | How to play against players who don’t understand the ICM |
| 39:15 | Dara’s suggestions for rec players: looking at bubble and chopping |
| 52:21 | John: Home Game updates |
