Dara O'Kearney

Nationality

Biography

Dara O'Kearney is an Irish poker player and former ultra-runner. He is a Unibet Poker ambassador and co-host of the Chip Race podcast.

He is also co-author of poker strategy books 'Poker Satellite Strategy' and 'PKO Satellite Strategy'

Biography

O'Kearney was born in 1965. Before embarking on a poker career, he was an international ultra runner. During his athletics career he won the 2005 Tresco Marathon, the 2007 Schinnen 50k, and was the 2007 Irish 24-hour Champion.

Poker Career

His first poker cash came in February 2008, winning the €1,500 European Deep Stack Poker Championship for €47,200. The majority of his early cashes came in small Irish poker tournaments, with brief trips to the EPT in Sanremo, Deauville and Vilamoura.

He bettered his very first cash in July 2011, coming second in the European Masters of Poker Main Event for €42,720.

In 2015, O'Kearney finished runner-up to Upeshka De Silva in Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $262,502. This marks the largest cash of his career.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2024 Irish Poker Festival €3,000 Main Event	27^th	€8,000
2024?International Poker Open €350 Main Event	33^rd	€1,060
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event	409^th	€3,930
2024 World Series of Poker Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship	240^th	$7,032
2024 Irish Open €1,150 Main Event	47^th	€7,220
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris €2,200 FPS High Roller	130^th	€5,100
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris €1,100 FPS Main Event	247^th	€3,300
2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas $10,400 WPT World Championship	451^st	$18,700
2023 World Series of Poker Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker	1240^th	$2,630
2023 World Series of Poker Event #56: $500 Salute to Warriors	203^rd	$1,412
2023 World Series of Poker Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship	434^th	$3,125
2022 PokerStars EPT London ￡1,100 UKIPT Main Event	40^th	£3,740
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €3,000 Mystery Bounty Championship	131^st	€3,460
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event	554^th	€2,700
2022 World Series of Poker Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop	401^st	$2,815
2022 World Series of Poker Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	231^st	$1,878
2022 World Series of Poker Event #47: $1,000 Seniors Championship	785^th	$1,750
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague €1,100 Eureka Main Event	199^th	€3,150
2021 World Series of Poker Event #86: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em	9^th	$13,395
2021 World Series of Poker Event #77: $1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold'em	199^th	$2,400
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #28: $2,100 Bounty Championship No-Limit Hold'em	17^th	$9,361
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #5: $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	193^rd	$638
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #75: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em	400^th	$709
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #73: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	289^th	$2,145
2020 WPT World Online Championships Event #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship, $3m GTD	92^nd	$7,950
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #52: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em	64^th	$3,467
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st	198^th	$6,076
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #41: $400 COLOSSUS [Day 2], $3M GTD	652^nd	$1,463
2020 Irish Open Online Event #1: €100,000 GTD 6-Max	46^th	€662
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Dublin €175 Main Event - Road to PSPC	11^th	€1,440
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe Main Event	61^st	€20,000
2019 World Series of Poker Event #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	315^th	$2,382
2019 World Series of Poker Event #75: $1,000+111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	107^th	$4,521
2019 World Series of Poker Event #61: COLOSSUS - $400 No-Limit Hold'em	1257^th	$720
2019 World Series of Poker Event #48: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	87^th	$4,479
2019 Unibet Open Sinaia €1,100 Main Event	29^th	€2,670
2018 Unibet Open Dublin €1,100 Main Event	47^th	€2,150
2018 Caribbean Poker Party $1,100 Finale	106^th	$3,000
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event	8^th	£70,000
2018 World Series of Poker Event #73: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)	88^th	$1,997
2018 World Series of Poker Event #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	218^th	$3,187
2017 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event	55^th	€2,105
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney Main Event	83^rd	€750
2017 World Series of Poker Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed	432^nd	$2,773
2017 World Series of Poker Event #23: THE MARATHON - $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em	137^th	$4,909
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event	250^th	€8,660
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague €5,300 Main Event	148^th	€8,910
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta €5,300 Main Event	46^th	€11,840
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event	170^th	€10,350
2013 PokerStars.com UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event	39^th	£2,860
2012 World Series of Poker Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	273^rd	$2,703
2011 World Series of Poker Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em	286^th	$2,347
2011 World Series of Poker Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em	181^st	$3,394
2011 World Series of Poker Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em	261^st	$2,093
2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event	56^th	€12,500