Tommy Angelo (poker player)

Tommy Angelo

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

Tommy Angelo (born August 25, 1958) is a professional poker player, writer, and coach. He moved to Palo Alto, California in 1997 from Columbus, Ohio. He moved to Oakland, California, in 2013. He attended Ohio State University for one year.[1] Tommy 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.[2] Since then has since written 100 magazine articles, written and produced 18 poker training videos, and written and published three books on poker.[3]

Tommy has appeared as a guest on these podcasts: TwoPlusTwo Pokercast,[4] DeucePlays podcast with Bart Hanson of DeucesCracked,[5] Pokercast.com,[6] HouseofCardsRadio.com,[7] ruKusradio.com,[8] and Badugi All-Stars,[9][10] ThinkingPoker.net,[11] RedChipPoker.com,[12] Poker Live Podcast with Joey Ingram,[13] KristyArnett.com,[14] TexasHoldemRadio.com,[15] PokerMindCoach.com with Elliot Roe,[16] HighRollerRadio.net,[17] and PokerNews.com.[18]

Poker Writer

From June 2006 to September 2007, Tommy wrote [19] Elements of Poker,[20] which was released on 13 December 2007 and published by Tommy Angelo. He has also written articles for Poker Digest Magazine,[21] PokerPages.com,[22] Bluff Magazine,[23] and PokerNews.com magazine.[24]

On 1 May 2011, Tommy released his second book entitled A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales,[25] which contains a collection of articles, blogs, and stories from Tommy Angelo's last 12 years of writing as a poker professional.

On 22 September 2011, Tommy Angelo was used as a verb.[26]

In 2015 and 2016, Tommy Angelo made 10 videos for Phil Galfond's poker training site: RunItOnce.com[27]

On 14 March 2017, Tommy released his third book, "Painless Poker.”[28]

On 17 April 2017, Angelo announced that he is writing his fourth book. The title will be: Dailyness − How to Grow Your Own Meditation Practice.[29]

Poker Coach

Since 2003, Tommy has offered his services as a teacher and poker coach. He only offers face-to-face, one-on-one coaching. His program is titled The T i l t l e s s Program.

To date, he has coached many top-flight poker players, including Jay Rosenkrantz, Phil Galfond, David Benefield,[30] Jeff Williams, Simon Munz, and Ashton Griffin.

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. These lessons often include audio clips of Tommy playing the banjo as he transitions from one topic to the next.[31]

The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment

In 2009, Tommy, working alongside Wayne Lively and Rob Cole, 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. The soundtrack for each video episode consists of several conversations between Tommy and Wayne separated by sound-clips of piano music, which come between topic changes. The graphics are mostly part-animated Powerpoint slides. EPTPE was released during the summer of 2009 at DeucesCracked.

EPTPE contains many musical samples, all performed by Tommy Angelo on piano.[32] The style of the music, which includes a selection of well-known classical and rock tunes in addition to several original songs and renderings, changes to match the topic being discussed.

Custom graphics were drawn for the series by Wendelin Montciel.[33] Several photographs, some taken by the creators, and others taken from istockphoto and flickr were used as backdrops in the videos.[34]

Musician

Just Another Band

Tommy plays drums, piano, guitar, and bass, and produces his own music. Tommy has performed on stage over 2500 times. The majority of those gigs were with one band, called Just Another Band. As a member of Just Another Band, Tommy shared the same stage with many country music greats, including Willie Nelson and Randy Travis.

A Work of Aardvark

In 1980, Tommy self-released the LP A Work of Aardvark under the name "Tom Angelo".[35][36] Tommy claims that this work is built upon an earlier recording entitled Noah's Aardvark. The LP consists of original piano and drum music.

I'm Running Bad

In 2001, he released a six track CD album of poker-related songs entitled I'm Running Bad.

Banjo

Tommy took up the banjo in 2013 and has made recordings.[37]

References

  1. ↑ "Poker Player Interview #1: Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  2. ↑ "An Interview With Poker Coach Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  3. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Angelo/e/B000APQVD0/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1492808710&sr=8-3. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "TwoPlusTwo PokerCast with guest Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  5. ↑ "DeucePlays Podcast with guest Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  6. ↑ "PokerCast.com". Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  7. ↑ "House of Cards Radio". Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  8. ↑ "ruKusradio.com". Retrieved 20111-07-18. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. ↑ "Badugi All-Stars - Guest: Tommy Angelo (Part 1)".
  10. ↑ "Badugi All-Stars - Guest: Tommy Angelo (Part 2)".
  11. ↑ "Episode 192: More Tommy Angelo – Thinking Poker". www.thinkingpoker.net. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  12. ↑ "Painless Poker with Tommy Angelo | Red Chip Poker". Red Chip Poker. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  13. ↑ joeingram1 (2016-05-25), Guest Tommy Angelo : Poker Life Podcast, retrieved 2017-04-21
  14. ↑ "Drunk WTF Moment to Zen with Tommy Angelo – Kristy Arnett". Kristy Arnett. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  15. ↑ "Wade Andrews | Texas Holdem Radio | March 2017".
  16. ↑ "Episode 59 – Tommy Angelo on Playing Painless Poker | Poker Mind Coach". www.pokermindcoach.com. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  17. ↑ HighRollerRadioTV (2017-03-27), Are You Playing Painless Poker? "The Pain is Unique!" Tommy Angelo Q&A, retrieved 2017-04-21
  18. ↑ "PokerNews Podcast Episode 437: Painless Poker with Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  19. ↑ "PTP Q&A with Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  20. ↑ "Tommy Angelo Bio". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  21. ↑ "Tommy Angelo HomePage - About these Articles". Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  22. ↑ "Tommy Angelo's Articles on PokerPage.com". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  23. ↑ "Bluff Archives: Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  24. ↑ "Articles by Tommy Angelo | PokerNews". www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  25. ↑ "Rubber Band Story on Amazon.com". Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  26. ↑ ["http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/27/brick-mortar/i-purposely-slowrolled-guy-deserved-1101375/index3.html#post28846988 "Two Plus Two Forum - I purposely slowrolled a guy, was it deserved?"] Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  27. ↑ "Poker videos created by Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  28. ↑ "Painless Poker released on Amazon.com". Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  29. ↑ "Episode 211: Painless Poker with Tommy Angelo – Thinking Poker". www.thinkingpoker.net. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  30. ↑ "TOMMY ANGELO Q&A". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  31. ↑ http://www.runitonce.com/poker-training/videos/?game_types=all&pro_user=tommyangelo&pro_level=all&order_by=recent&video_formats=all&player_formats=all
  32. ↑ "EPTPE - About the Music". Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  33. ↑ "The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment blog post by Tommy Angelo". Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  34. ↑ "OTHER IMAGES FROM EPTPE". Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  35. ↑ "Original Songs and Renderings from The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment". Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  36. ↑ "A Work of Aardvark". Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  37. ↑ http://www.tommyangelo.com/music-ive-made/
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