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Tommy Angelo (born August 25, 1958) is an
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
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. 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.
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.''
On May 1, 2011, Tommy released his second book, ''A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales.''
On March 14, 2017, Tommy released his third book, ''Painless Poker.''
On October 23, 2018, Tommy released his fourth book, ''Waiting for Straighters''
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
''Bluff'' was an American magazine specializing in the game of poker. Separate editions were also published for Europe, Latin America, South Africa and Australasia. The American edition began as a bimonthly in October 2004 and went monthly in Au ...
, and PokerNews.com magazine.
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
Phil Galfond (born January 16, 1985) is an American professional poker player. Galfond won three World Series of Poker bracelets, in the $5,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha with rebuys event in 2008, the $10,000 no-limit 2-7 single draw championshi ...
, and
David Benefield. 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
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
for professional poker players. The title of the series derives from one of the principal teachings of
the Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),*
*
*
was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist lege ...
, the
Noble Eightfold Path
The Noble Eightfold Path () or Eight Right Paths () is an early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth, in the form of nirvana.
The Eightfold Path consists of eight pra ...
. EPTPE was released during the summer of 2009 at
DeucesCracked.
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.
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
The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
,
piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
,
guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...
, and
bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Wood
* Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...
, 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". In 2001, he released a six track CD album of poker-related songs entitled ''I'm Running Bad''. Tommy is related to fashion designer Willie Angelo, and artist Moe Angelo.
Podcast appearances
Angelo has appeared as a guest on these podcasts: ''
TwoPlusTwo Pokercast'', ''DeucePlays'' podcast with
Bart Hanson of DeucesCracked, Pokercast.com, HouseofCardsRadio.com, ruKusradio.com, and Badugi All-Stars, ThinkingPoker.net, RedChipPoker.com, Poker Live Podcast with Joey Ingram, KristyArnett.com, TexasHoldemRadio.com, PokerMindCoach.com with Elliot Roe, HighRollerRadio.net, and PokerNews.com.
References
External links
Official site
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1958 births
Living people
American poker players
American musicians
American male non-fiction writers