This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview recent bracelet winner Mark Checkwicz, who you might know better as the Cookie Monster! Mark recently won the very first ever Senior’s High-Roller event at the WSOP and shares some details about his journey to a bracelet. The group talks about what makes the WSOP different, the importance of having fun with your life, the darker side of gambling, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Nick Shulman, Dara O’Kearney, and Angela Jordison 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! Mark has fun on Twitter as https://x.com/PokerCookieM 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: 05:23 Mark talks about the tournament he won 07:19 Mark as an advocate for recreational players 12:24 Advocate for recreational players 17:02 Getting support for the buy-in 18:51 Mark on the best part of his hand and play 30:05 At the final table, did it go smoothly? 34:28 Taking first place: Mark on winning the game 38:49 Negative impact of having the wrong mindset on gambling 53:15 Cookie Monster explained 01:10:24 Home Game Result updates 01:13:43 ROI Results for June 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]