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This week, we are locked in and busting out the champagne after our second nomination for Best Podcast at the GPI Global Poker Awards. Who better to help us celebrate but our trusted newsman Ian Simpson who is also celebrating his very profitable return to the live felt.

Ian made two final tables in London last week on his first poker outing in over two years. We chat to him about poker in Covid-times and mental game.

There is a conversation about the latest poker ambassadors coming from the entertainment and sporting world. Dara and David weigh in on the upcoming heads-up duels between Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan, and Alex O'Brien and Vanessa Kade.

In the last section of the show, there is a chat about the GPI Global Poker Award nominations as the trio pontificate on what is done well and what could be done better.

This week, we are locked in and giving shout-outs with GPI President Eric Danis.

For the first show of 2022, Dara and David discuss the closure (for now) of Run It Once’s poker site and PokerShares betting platform. David also gives his thoughts on Doug Polk’s interview with Dan Bilzerian.

Eric Danis then shows up for a lengthy discussion on all things GPI, including the 2021 rankings, the decision to include marquee online results, the recent appointment of Kevin Mathers and the upcoming GPI Global Poker Awards. Dara and David reveal their picks in a handful of the 26 award categories and Eric speaks passionately about his desire for the awards to become a truly global celebration.

Cross-border payment services is not only growing rapidly, it is morphing significantly from its initial conception. On this episode, Host Craig Jeffery talks with Daniel Lynch, Payments Innovation Manager at SWIFT GPI on the current situation of international payments.  Topics of discussion include the uptake of GPI, new developments, and the plans for expanding the value of proposition.  Listen in and learn how these new developments are important to corporate treasury groups and bankers.