E50 Dara O'Kearney: Poker Pro

In this episode of the podcast I was delighted to be joined in the studio by professional Irish poker player, Dara O'Kearney. Dara, or Doke as he's known in the poker world, gave a wide ranging and fascinating interview that's definitely one of my favourites to date. It's a long one but a good one! Enjoy, Dave. Some of the areas we spoke about were: Dara's late entry and rapid ascension in the professional poker world. His experience as an ultra runner, including representing Ireland, and completing a 24 hour race. We chat about Dara's unlikely online friendship with David Bowie from the mid 1990s, a friendship initiated by Dara's online criticism of Bowie's online project. We chat about the psychology of endurance based high-performance. We discussed Dara's experience in dealing with his son's autism. For full episode notes visit the inspireland podcast blog. Thanks, Dave