Tommy Angelo

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Tommy Angelo
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Tommy Angelo
Residence Oakland, California
Born (1958-08-25) August 25, 1958 (age 66)
Columbus, Ohio

Tommy Angelo (born August 25, 1958) is an Oakland, California professional poker player, writer, and coach. Angelo was a career musician in the 1980s, performing rock and country on drums and piano. In 1990, he became a full-time professional poker player [1] .[ citation needed ] Since then has since written 150 magazine articles, written and produced 60 poker-training videos, and written and published four books on poker, and one book on meditation.

Contents

Writer

Angelo has written and self-published five books. Four of them are about poker. The fifth is about meditation.

On December 13, 2007, Tommy released his first book, Elements of Poker. [2]

On May 1, 2011, Tommy released his second book, A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales. [3]

On March 14, 2017, Tommy released his third book, Painless Poker. [4]

On October 23, 2018, Tommy released his fourth book, Waiting for Straighters [5]

On February 11, 2019, Tommy released his fifth book, Dailyness: How to Sustain a Meditation Practice.

Angelo has written articles for Poker Digest Magazine, PokerPages.com, Bluff Magazine, [6] and PokerNews.com magazine. [7]

Movies

Angelo was featured in the 2019 documentary film by Michael Bailey called For Love or Money: A Poker Documentary.

In 2019, Angelo partnered with Lee Jones to make YouTube videos for poker players. The series is called PokerSimple.

In 2020, Angelo launched the PokerWords video series at the Tommy Angelo YouTube channel.

Poker coach

Since 2003, Angelo has offered one-on-on poker coaching called The T i l t l e s s Program. He has coached many top-flight poker players, including Jay Rosenkrantz, Phil Galfond, and David Benefield. [8] In 2018, Angelo converted his coaching model to video calls.

With Wayne Lively and Rob Cole, Angelo produced an eight-episode poker-coaching video series titled The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment (EPTPE) that focuses on the role of psychology for professional poker players. The title of the series derives from one of the principal teachings of the Buddha, the Noble Eightfold Path. EPTPE was released during the summer of 2009 at DeucesCracked. [9]

In 2015, Angelo made ten videos for the poker training site, Run It Once. His videos focus on mental game topics for professional poker players. [10]

In 2018, Angelo began coaching low-stakes players on poker strategy.

In 2020, Angelo became a content creator at Jonathan Little’s site: https://pokercoaching.com

Musician

Tommy plays drums, piano, guitar, and bass, harmonica, and banjo. He has been performing and producing music since he was 8. He played with the band called Just Another Band. In 1980, Tommy self-released the LP A Work of Aardvark under the name "Tom Angelo". [11] In 2001, he released a six track CD album of poker-related songs entitled I'm Running Bad. Tommy is also related to the fashion designer Willie Angelo.

Podcast appearances

Angelo has appeared as a guest on these podcasts: TwoPlusTwo Pokercast , [12] DeucePlays podcast with Bart Hanson of DeucesCracked, [13] Pokercast.com, [14] HouseofCardsRadio.com, [15] ruKusradio.com, [16] and Badugi All-Stars, [17] [18] ThinkingPoker.net, [19] RedChipPoker.com, [20] Poker Live Podcast with Joey Ingram, [21] KristyArnett.com, [22] TexasHoldemRadio.com, [23] PokerMindCoach.com with Elliot Roe, [24] HighRollerRadio.net, [25] and PokerNews.com. [26]

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References

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  2. ↑ Rosenberg, Alex (August 28, 2017). "Are you a 'results-oriented' investor? If so, you're making a big mistake, says top poker thinker". CNBC.com. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  3. ↑ Angelo, Tommy (November 2, 2016). "Tommy Angelo Presents: A Rubber Band Story". PokerNews.com. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ Harris, Martin (March 1, 2017). "Tommy Angelo Presents His New Book 'Painless Poker'". PokerNews.com. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ Matsuhashi, Sky (April 5, 2019). "'Waiting For Straighters' By Tommy Angelo Podcast #230" . Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bluff Archives: Tommy Angelo". Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Articles by Tommy Angelo PokerNews". pokernews.com. January 30, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tommy Angelo Q&A". Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ Q&A with Tommy Angelo
  10. ↑ "Tommy Angelo - Run It Once". Runitonce.com.
  11. ↑ "Original Songs and Renderings from The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment" . Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  12. ↑ "TwoPlusTwo PokerCast with guest Tommy Angelo" . Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  13. ↑ "DeucePlays Podcast with guest Tommy Angelo" . Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  14. ↑ "PokerCast.com" . Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  15. ↑ "House of Cards Radio" . Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  16. ↑ "ruKusradio.com" . Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Badugi All-Stars - Guest: Tommy Angelo (Part 1)".
  18. ↑ "Badugi All-Stars - Guest: Tommy Angelo (Part 2)".
  19. ↑ "Episode 192: More Tommy Angelo – Thinking Poker". www.thinkingpoker.net. November 7, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Painless Poker with Tommy Angelo | Red Chip Poker". Red Chip Poker. April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  21. ↑ joeingram1 (May 25, 2016), Guest Tommy Angelo : Poker Life Podcast, archived from the original on December 15, 2021, retrieved April 21, 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ↑ "Drunk WTF Moment to Zen with Tommy Angelo – Kristy Arnett". Kristy Arnett. October 5, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Wade Andrews". Texas Holdem Radio. March 2017. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Episode 59 – Tommy Angelo on Playing Painless Poker | Poker Mind Coach". www.pokermindcoach.com. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  25. ↑ HighRollerRadioTV (March 27, 2017), Are You Playing Painless Poker? "The Pain is Unique!" Tommy Angelo Q&A, archived from the original on December 15, 2021, retrieved April 21, 2017
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