Name Tommy Angelo Role Writer | Education Ohio State University Books Elements of Poker | |
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Born August 25, 1958 (age 66)
Columbus, Ohio ( 1958-08-25 ) Residence Palo Alto, California, United States | ||
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Tommy Angelo (born August 25, 1958) is an Oakland, California professional poker player, writer, and coach. Angelo was a career musician in the 1980's, performing rock and country on drums and piano. In 1990, he became a full-time professional poker player. Since then has since written 100 magazine articles, written and produced 18 poker training videos, and written and published three books on poker.
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- Knowing when to quit mindfulness painless poker tommy angelo interview
- Guest tommy angelo poker life podcast
- Poker writer
- Poker coach
- Musician
- Podcast appearances
- References
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Poker writer
Angelo's Elements of Poker was published in 2007. He has also written articles for Poker Digest Magazine, PokerPages.com, Bluff Magazine, and PokerNews.com magazine.
In May 2011, Tommy released his second book entitled A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales, which contains a collection of articles, blogs, and stories from Tommy Angelo's last 12 years of writing as a poker professional.
On 14 March 2017, Tommy released his third book, Painless Poker.
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.
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 Eightfold Path. EPTPE was released during the summer of 2009 at DeucesCracked.
In 2015, Tommy became a coach for the poker training site, Run It Once. His videos focus on mental game topics for professional poker players.
Musician
Tommy plays drums, piano, guitar, and bass, and produces his own music, sometimes with a 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.
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.