} Tommy Angelo (born August 25, 1958) is an

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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,

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, 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,

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, 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

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for professional poker players. The title of the series derives from one of the principal teachings of

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, the

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. EPTPE was released during the summer of 2009 at

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. 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,

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, 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". 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'', ''DeucePlays'' podcast with

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, 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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