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A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales by Tommy Angelo

August 9, 2011 Guest Writers

I am very tardy.  Very, very, tardy. Tommy Angelo sent me a copy of his latest book “A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales” several months ago and I haven’t gotten around to reviewing it yet. I don’t really offer this as an excuse but life has been very busy for me lately. Black [...]

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Tommy Angelo, Gratefulness, Buddhism, and Becoming a Better Poker Player

December 28, 2010 Online Poker

Guest poster on Bill’s Poker Blog, Tommy Angelo, read my post Holidays Overseas and sent me a link to something he had recently written that he thought was relevant. In his blog post, In Gratitude of Gratefulness, Tommy discusses how the attitudes of gratitude and gratefulness can play a role not just in your poker [...]

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You No Gamble by Tommy Angelo

March 23, 2010 Guest Writers

From an old folder, here’s a poker hand from 2002: I was playing $20-40 limit hold’em at Lucky Chances during the thinning hours. The game had gone from too-loose when it was full, to just-right when it was seven-handed, to not-nearly-as-good-as-it-just-was when the last white guy busted out, and now we were down to six [...]

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The Second Worst Play Ever by Tommy Angelo

January 22, 2010 Guest Writers

In 2003, I intentionally folded pocket aces before the flop in a live, $20/40 limit hold’em game. It was, according to my meticulous calculations, the worst play ever. But that wasn’t the only reason I did it. I wrote an article at the time in which all is revealed: http://tommyangelo.com/articles/the_worst_play_ever.htm Today I am here to [...]

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The Blue Marble by Tommy Angelo

December 7, 2009 Guest Writers

I was 14 years old in 1972 when astronaut Harrison Schmitt aimed a Hasselblad camera out the window of the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and took a photograph of the full earth from 25,000 miles up. NASA dubbed that photo “The Blue Marble”. It showed the world the world, with [...]

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Assume the Position by Tommy Angelo

November 16, 2009 Guest Writers

You’re playing live poker and you just folded before the flop. You’ve got a minute or two, maybe longer, before you get more cards. What to do? What to do? You could watch TV. You could turn the volume up on your headphones. You might order a beverage, or converse with a player. Maybe you’ve [...]

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On the EV of Mouse Smashing by Tommy Angelo

October 15, 2009 Guest Writers

I just got off the phone with a mouse smasher. Or you could call him a mouse masher. (It sounds the same either way, whether you are saying it, or doing it.) I’m going to call him Humphrey. The topic was poker coaching. During the conversation, Humphrey asked some questions I had heard before: Q: [...]

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Why I Don’t Talk About Hands When I’m Playing by Tommy Angelo

June 12, 2009 Guest Writers

I’ve made a new friend at Lucky Chances. His name is Django. (Pronounced Jango.) He’s a young, instantly likable player, very sharp and well-respected. The first dozen times we played together was in early 2007 when I played a few times a week for a few months. It was right after my book came out. [...]

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Breath Taking by Tommy Angelo

April 14, 2009 Guest Writers

Breathing in, I am aware that I am breathing in. Breathing out, I am aware that I am breathing out. In this way, I train myself. Breathing in, I am aware that I am sitting at a poker table. Breathing out, I smile to the poker universe. Breathing in, I watch the cards being dealt. [...]

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