Articles by: Brendan Murray

Brendan Murray is an experienced content professional in the online gaming world. He began his career as a financial journalist and after several years moved into public relations for one of the world’s biggest online betting companies, Paddy Power. While at Paddy Power he was part of the team which grew the Irish Poker Open into one of the world’s most prestigious poker tournaments and worked on TV shows such as the Paddy Power Poker Grand Slam. He received worldwide attention – and a Guinness World Record - for the World Strip Poker Championship before eventually striking out on his own and partnering with Card Player Media where he edited Card Player Europe magazine for six years. He founded and managed Poker Media Consulting, a leading independent online poker content business which counted among its clients Paddy Power, 888, Boylesports, BetFred, PartyGaming and BetVictor as well as numerous poker tours. He has worked as a reporter at the World Series of Poker and on the PokerStars European Poker Tour and built a significant content team at Betfair where he was head of content producing hundreds of pieces of marketing communications each day across sports, casino, and poker.