Dara O'Kearney

1 week ago | vegasslotsonline.com | Dara O'Kearney

If you read Part 1 of my Tale From the WSOP 2025, you will know that I made it to Las Vegas relatively unscathed by the journey. When I arrived, I had a good night’s sleep before my first event, the Salute to Warriors. On Day 2 of the event, we came back very close to the money, meaning I had little choice but to fold into it. My cause was greatly helped by a charming Belgian who was even shorter than me.

1 week ago | vegasslotsonline.com | Dara O'Kearney

The adventure to the 2025 World Series of Poker began in Dublin airport. I left home over five hours before my flight was due to take off after hearing horror stories of one Irish player being turned back at US immigration control in the airport, and another being detained for questioning for so long that he missed his flight despite getting there three hours early.

1 month ago | vegasslotsonline.com | Dara O'Kearney

Of all the things I do as part of my poker career, playing online has always been my favourite. However, coaching these days is a very close second, as my students are all a lot of fun, and I get almost as much of a buzz from their successes as I do from my own. One of the most fun students I currently coach is a female gamer who makes her living from streaming and pay-for-access content.

2 months ago | vegasslotsonline.com | Dara O'Kearney

Thursday, September 29, 2022. I’m in Malta for the first Unibet Open after the pandemic. I press the button for the elevator and get in when it comes. It stops before my floor and someone else gets in. I’m looking at my phone (as I so often am) but I glance up to see a young guy smiling awkwardly and moving from foot to foot. When I make eye contact he says:“You…..you’re Dara O’Kearney, right?” After I confirm my identity he continues. “I’m Linus Lomu on Unibet”I smile. “I know that name.

2 months ago | vegasslotsonline.com | Dara O'Kearney

My first Unibet Open was in Citywest in Dublin in 2011. Looking back years later, my abiding memory was that it was the first time I played in a tournament where I felt like a foreigner in my own country. Exactly how much the collapse of the Celtic Tiger and subsequent austerity affected the Irish poker economy was made clear that there was a tournament in Ireland that got less than a dozen locals to buy in. Nevertheless, it was a very fun weekend.