Ep 589 - Chats: Mikha Richards on Mentorship in the Poker World

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview pro player Mikha Richards! Mikha shares about her experience moving from recreational player to pro, finding her ‘crew’ at Team 100K, her role in the new mentorship program at Pocket Queens, what she’s doing on the felt to be a better poker player, how she blows off steam, some tips for less experienced players, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Rob Gardner, Xiuan Liu and LoriAnn Persinger 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! Mikha is active on Twitter as https://x.com/MikhaMarie Check out Team 100K here: https://100kpoker.com/ Pocket Queens here: https://www.pocketqueens.poker/ We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 03:32 Mikha describes her role in the poker world 07:49 Mikha shares what she really does before becoming a pro player 08:58 Mikha talks about the program at Pocket Queens 13:53 Mikha: I think you need to be hungry to help somebody else grow 16:52 Mikha as a crew at 100K 21:40 How Mikha decided to go pro 28:18 Process to follow in a game when faced with a tough choice 32:59 Mikha on table selection 43:40 Being staked: How much action to sell yourself 39:51 Things that Mikha used to do that helped her to be better 43:13 Signs that indicate a player is less experienced 01:01:25 Home Game Result updates Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]