Dara O'Kearney, born 17 June 1965 in
Ennis
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,
County Clare
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, is an Irish international ultra runner and professional poker player. He is the son of Irish language activist and writer
Sean Ua Cearnaigh, and nephew of Irish politician
Chris Flood.
He won the 2005
Tresco marathon,
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Indoor 6 hour race, and was the 2007 Irish 24 hour running champion.
On the poker front, O'Kearney won the 2008 European Deepstack Poker Championship, defeating a high quality field that included Joe Beevers, Julian Thew, Tony Baitson, Arnaud Mattern, John Falconer, Dave Colclough, Conor Tate, Owen Mullen, Mickey Wernick, Barny Boatman and Christy Smith. In 2009, he was ranked number 2 in live tournaments in the official Irish Poker Rankings, and again in 2010 & again in 2014.
In 2015, O'Kearney won the Mini Irish Open, and finished second in event 45 of the WSOP.
As of 2020, he has over $3 million in cashes online and over $1 million live. He is a brand ambassador for Unibet Poker and ShareMyPair, and lead author of the books "Poker Satellite Strategy" and "PKO Poker Strategy" (co-author Barry Carter). His blog is one of the most read poker blogs, and he cohosts popular poker podcast The Chip Race alongside David Lappin.
In April 2019, O'Kearney joined CardsChat as a poker expert.
In September 2023, O'Kearney joined Tight Poker as a poker expert and fact checker.
References
External links
- O'Kearney speaks about his careers in running and poker on RTÉ Radio One
Dara O'Kearney Interview (video)
- O'Kearney does a AMA
Card Player profile
Hendon Mob profilePokerNews profileWPT profileWSOP profile
1965 births
Irish poker players
Living people
Irish male long-distance runners
Irish ultramarathon runners
Sportspeople from Ennis
Athletes from County Clare
Male ultramarathon runners
20th-century Irish sportsmen
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