Ep 647 - Chats: JP McCann

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview JP McCann from the Irish Poker Open! JP shares some details about his own love of poker, what led him and Paul O’Reilly to revive the IPO, the importance of the player experience, why it is crucial to hire the best staff, some stories about things going very right and very wrong, the fun times at at the Craic Den, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Andy Black, Dara O’Kearney and Padraig Parkinson and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

JP is active on Twitter as https://x.com/MccannJP

The Irish Poker Open 2025 details: https://irishpokeropen.com/

Read Jim’s article about the 2024 IPO: https://www.poker.org/latest-news/making-money-friends-and-memories-the-recs-irish-poker-open-experience-aW46k8X0DVDr/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

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Timestamps:

03:35 JP Maccan shares about his role in the poker world

13:01 Some prizes at the Irish Open are out of this world

15:55 JP on records of attendance at Irish Poker

18:18 How JP and Paul measure success in the series

21:31 How JP and Paul measure success in the poker series

23:22 Tips to first timer going to Irish Poker Open

30:13 JP talks about employees they get

37:40 The story behind RecPoker promotion at the Irish Open

51:23 Get more about RecPoker charity auction

55:56 Home Game Result updates

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