This week John Somsky and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Keith “MonkieSystem” Brandt. Keith shares some stories about his journey with Rec Poker, focusing on his attraction to the community as a recreational player. The panel also talked about poker study tools, playing unexploitably, understanding opponent tendencies, and exploiting opponents. The group discussed Keith’s retirement planning and transitioning to a poker-centric career, highlighting financial preparations and post-retirement plans.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Taylor Maas, Rob Washam, and Kim Kilroy 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!

Keith is active on Twitter as @‌MonkieSystem

Check out his RECing Crew page here: https://rec.poker/keithbrandt/

Join in Keith’s next Study Group: https://rec.poker/series/monkies-off-table-tools-group/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

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Timestamps:

03:39 Keith defines his role in the poker world

05:25 Keith talks about what brought him to Rec.Poker

07:53 Keith: I’ve been always interested in card games

11:09 Worrying about playing Blackjack

14:51 The best way for Keith to study

15:42 After retirement: Keith’s goal in poker

18:53 Handling retirement and poker

20:11 Things Keith looks out for at a table that indicate his opposition

24:07 Other game would Keith want to win in

26:02 Instinct for predation in the game

28:20 Keith's plan after retiring in terms of his poker career

39:01 John: Home Game Result updates

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