Tommy Angelo
Tommy Angelo is like the Vince Lombardi of poker coaches. He was a professional player for many years before he started sharing his secrets in 2003. That's when he created T I L T L E S S, which is the name of his extremely comprehensive, one-on-one, face-to-face poker coaching program. You can read about Tommy and T I L T L E S S in great detail at his website: tommyangelo.com. Tommy is also considered to be one of the top poker writers. He has been writing for various poker publications since 1999. All of his articles are at his site.
From June 2006 to September 2007, Tommy did not play poker, and he did not take on new clients. He wrote, and wrote, and wrote. The product of that effort is a book called "Elements of Poker." Here is what Tommy wrote about his book, taken from his website:
"Dear Poker Player: I wrote this book to amuse you, inform you, inspire you, and enlighten you.
First, I played a lifetime of poker. Then I taught poker for a few years which caused an accumulation of curriculum. Then I fleshed out the parts of my teaching that I thought would be the most helpful to the most players most often, punctuated it with winks and smiles, and put a binding on it.
I wrote this book for everyone who plays poker or knows anyone who plays poker or even knows how to spell poker. I wrote it for anyone who wants a better A-game, and a better C-game. I tried to make "Elements of Poker" a book that speaks to every player, if not today, then maybe tomorrow." – Tommy Angelo
Here are some comments Tommy's clients have made about his coaching:
"Tommy coached me at poker and it shaved five strokes off my golf game."
"This was not at all what I expected, but it was exactly what I needed."
"This was probably the best investment I'll ever make."
"There is no one in the world whom he could not help."
"I hope you write a book."
"I hope you never write a book."
Tommy Angelo offers coaching via his Tiltless Program. It is a 1-3 day event that ranges from $2500 - $7500.
Recent videos by Tommy Angelo
Recent Articles by Tommy Angelo
A Smooth Move
There was a period of a couple years, I think it was around 2000 and 2001, when there was a no-limit hold’em game every night in a poker room in San Mateo called Pacific News. The room only had thr...
The Butoff
(This blog post is an article that is in the October 2008 issue of BLUFF Magazine.) The Butoff Words lag behind what they label. For example, the blogosphere was well past infancy before the word...
Butchering 72o
Have you ever played a hand so bad that you just can’t let it go? During the session you keep thinking about it. The next day you keep thinking about it. It’s like a festering infect...
Something Jack Said
My friend Jack is from China. When he speaks English, he does so with a very heavy accent, and his word selection has on occasion caused me to reach for my pen to capture the moment. Like this one ...
Call or Fold? Stay or Quit?
Here’s a decision I made in the $10-10-20 no-limit hold’em game at Lucky Chances in the spring, when the minimum buy-in was $2,000. The lineup — what we lovingly call The Breakfa...
Acting Last
Acting last is like taking a drink of water. We don’t have to understand why it’s good for us to know that it is. And the benefits are unaffected by our understanding of them. (From &...
From the Cutting Room Floor
This is an image I made in photoshop that I was going to put inside the back cover of my book and then decided not to.
Minimum Wager
When I play no-limit hold’em, sometimes I’m a minimum wager wagerer. And I don’t mean minimum wager wagerer as in “one who tries to bet the smallest amount that will get th...
Freeness Airline
On June 19, I woke up in Ohio and I went to bed in California. Meanwhile, there were delays. My flight from Cleveland to Houston was a little late getting off the ground, which gave me only 20 mi...
Ask Me About Music Lessons
When I moved to California in 1997, my bankroll was about $100,000. That was the barrier between floating freely on the breeze, and crash landing in the dank underworld of employeedom. Of this $10...
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