Ep 527 - Chats: Mike “O8Grinder” Serrano on Streaming, YouTube, and Balance

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Mike “O8GRINDER” Serrano! Mike and the gang talk about his time streaming popular tournaments when no-one else was doing it, what it's like building a YouTube following from scratch, making a place in the poker world, balancing poker and life, and he also shares some personal details about some challenges in his life over the past year. Plus we play Stake, Study, Stack for the first time and Mike’s answers may (or may not) surprise you! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. 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!

Mike has a YouTube channel here: http://youtube.com/o8grinder

Email Mike directly here: [email protected]

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Timestamps:

00:16 Welcome & Introduction

04:14 Introduction to Mike Serrano

04:51 Mike defines his role in the world of poker

07:14 Mike shares his journey of transformation in poker

09:16 Being in the right place at the right time

19:39 The craziest things happened with Mike’s stream or live game

24:17 Accommodating and deferential: a liability as a poker player?

26:18 Stepping back from the public sphere

37:15 How has Mike’s relationship with the game changed?

54:13 People who make the table fun

57:25 Mike on stake, study, or stack

01:06:37 John: Home Game Result updates

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