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Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin didn’t see their WPT Global split coming.

As Dara told us, “We were not told about the announcement ahead of time and felt totally blindsided.” David was just as surprised, immediately erasing all signs of WPT Global from their podcasts and social media.

The drama unfolded around WPT Global’s decision to sign Ren “Tony” Lin, a player previously banned for cheating. This was, according to Lappin, a dealbreaker. “On the last episode of The Lock-In we criticized the GGPoker and the WSOP decision to allow [Lin] to play again so soon,” he told us.

The announcement was briefly pulled, giving the duo a flicker of hope, but it was reposted the next morning. The writing was on the wall and, after a final meeting, O’Kearney and Lappin began disentangling themselves from WPT Global for good.