Poker Video: Misc/Other by Tommy Angelo (Micro/Small Stakes)

FIRST!
this should be very exciting to watch

FIRST!
this should be very exciting to watch

+1

I liked the mesage of the video. The part that brings it together for me is, "if the fence was there when I discovered this place", I wouldn't have given it any notice.

That is a great way of looking at it.

My only critque is, you had 149 minutes of interlude stuffed into a 34 minute video.

Thanks Tommy, I look forward to your next video....

Time Link to 00:00:33

Great introduction!

Very thought-provoking as always Tommy!

haha, epic intro.

Awesome, love the slide guitar!

I love listening to anything by Tommy Angelo. However, I am a bit disappointed by this "Blueprint" (not tilted LOL). Yes, I get it. I understand the theme of "tiltlessness"..................but I was hoping to know more things from this great storyteller:

1. How Mr. Tommy Angelo got started in poker himself. His trials and errors of learning poker. (only tilting?)
2. How he decided to go "Pro". How to become good enough to play "Pro" (beyond the 'not tilting' theme)

I am sure Tom has much more advice for aspiring poker players, rather than simply search for the zen of "tiltlessness". I heard that already in his other epic series (more than once I listened to that series). This morning, when I saw this video, I was totally excited to hear about the nuts and bolts of his career, but it didn't happen. Bummer.

We need a part 2 of Tommy's "Blueprint", that gets to the real Tommy Angelo poker story.

Guitar playing was cool. I liked seeing the picture that showed it was Tommy playing that. Throughout the video, I was wondering who was playing it. I thought he only played piano. Wish I could play like that.

Note: Sorry if I am overly direct on this, but I really want to know the nuts and bolts of this guy's poker story. Excellent storyteller.

I guess the significant emotional pain I endured watching this was a consequence of attachment to expecting something a little more didactic. "In this series our founders and EPs talk about their experiences with poker throughout their lives and give advice to those at the grind or just starting out. There is something to be learned for new and experienced players alike."

Great episode Tommy! Thank you!


I am also interested in a "part 2" described by Sneakers in an above post.

I think on some level, each person that creates a Blueprint is effectively giving us their bits of advice; their "blueprint" - and if Tommy wanted to discuss his life's story, then he would have. Some of that information is in his book anyway.

This was a very insightful message Tommy. Thank you!

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I agree with Sneakers. (That must mean I'm wrong right? )

Maybe it was an anticipation mistake on my part, but I too was definitely hoping to hear more about Tommy's past and his general life advice, along with some poker advice, for those of us who are up and coming in this crazy poker world I definitely understand that The Blueprint is essentially whatever the author chooses it to be, but I guess I was just expecting more of a "normal" Blueprint.

Oh, and expecting anything normal from Tommy is definitely MY mistake, not his

All in all, I did enjoy what I'm dubbing Storytime with Tommy. Also, props to Rusty for a fantastic job with the video production.

Thanks Tommy, this provided some food for thought.

Your fence story reminded me a little of this Louis CK clip (esp. the airplane story about 2:00 in) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

Awesome, love the slide guitar!

+1

I'm so detached from the yearning of listening to personal poker stories that I might not listen to this while I sit to enjoy some coffee. However, if I do the dance, I'm sure it will be entertaining, and worth another 10 or so repeats :-)

Time Link to 00:15:12

Tommy,

have you been to Munich Germany on your trip or is this just a random picture of an airport ?

Tommy, did you use a tab for the guitar you played in the video? If so, can you send it to me. If not, can you make one for me? If you were using someone else's guitar riffs, can you tell me the name? That would be awesome, thanks.

<insert sound of one hand clapping>

<3 Tommy! So damn inspirational

Great vid! I imagine I will listen to this a few times in the future
Critics complaining it wasn't what they expected might try that too

Time Link to 00:18:39

So I have a bit of a side question about this: if you had the power (friends with the city council or whatnot) to prevent the fence from being built, would you have stopped it?

Should you have stopped it?

I'm curious how much of this is based on not allowing things to impact our mindset when we are powerless vs. how much it is simply learning to accept everything as it is and will be. Is resisting change to something that you love something that you should avoid because it shows that you have a degree of attachment?

Rob

Tommy,

have you been to Munich Germany on your trip or is this just a random picture of an airport ?

That was a picture Rusty found. One thing kind of cool about it is that in the upper right is a sign that says "San Francisco Coffee Company." I asked Rusty if he chose that picture because of the subtle SF connection. He said he hadn't even noticed that. He was just happy to have found any picture of an airport flight schedule.

Tommy, did you use a tab for the guitar you played in the video? If so, can you send it to me. If not, can you make one for me? If you were using someone else's guitar riffs, can you tell me the name? That would be awesome, thanks.

Sorry, I have nothing for you. No tabs, no names. Except for a few phrases from "If I Were a Rich Man," and one phrase from "Norwegian Wood," all of the guitar was "made up" by me. I have to put "made up" in quotes because I think of myself as a musical sausage grinder. A whole bunch of crap goes in one end, and little musical turds come out the other. Each turd is "unique," but I have a hard time thinking of them as "original."

Nice episode Tommy. Can't wait to share coffee and felt.

Hi Rob,

So I have a bit of a side question about this: if you had the power (friends with the city council or whatnot) to prevent the fence from being built, would you have stopped it?

No. Which is kind of the point. My happiness could not be changed by the arrival of the fence, so if I had had the power over the fence’s existence, I would have turned that decision over to the professionals (the government) who make those kinds of decisions every day. This is a decent example of one of the benefits of being non-attached to a thing or idea. You can make decisions entirely with the good of others (individuals and groups) in mind. Let’s say the choice is between chicken or beef, and you truly don’t care. You can let your friends have whichever he wants. He is happy, at no cost to you. Let’s go the next step. Your friend/spouse doesn’t want to decide which movie to see. You don’t care either. But you step up and make a decision right away because that’s what’s best for the team right then. Non-attachment doesn’t mean wishy-washy. Not at all. It means knowing exactly what your preferences are, and when you don’t have any. And it allows for excellent yielding, and taking charge.

What was the question again? lol

I'm curious how much of this is based on not allowing things to impact our mindset when we are powerless vs. how much it is simply learning to accept everything as it is and will be.

I think there’s too much absolutism in your question. We can’t learn to “accept everything as it is and will be” in some sort of once-and-for-all way. We can learn to do it more often than we do now, and that’s it.

Is resisting change to something that you love something that you should avoid because it shows that you have a degree of attachment?

The idea is to love what you love when you love it and know what you are loving and that you are loving it and that you are loving it now. You’re not loving the idea of having it for a long time. You’re not loving what it took for you to accomplish having the thing you love. You’re just loving this right now. And later you’ll be loving that. That applies to loving things, ideas, people, sucking out on your arch enemy, etc.

Meanwhile keeping it in sharp focus that nothing lasts, trying really hard to not wince at the thought of losing what you love. It will be lost.

Repeat.

I have known everyday for years that my beloved Kepler walk would end, and in the meantime, it would be modified. For example, someday I might walk my walk with a cane. Or maybe someday they might build a big fence and alter the look and feel and things. I already knew the walk as it was would not last and I think about that shit all the time. So when it happens, it’s no big deal. There was no doubt that it was coming. The benefit of that mental effort is that I can love my walk everyday just as it is, and that I love. :-)

That fence looked totally photoshopped, btw.

Sorry, I have nothing for you. No tabs, no names. Except for a few phrases from "If I Were a Rich Man," and one phrase from "Norwegian Wood," all of the guitar was "made up" by me. I have to put "made up" in quotes because I think of myself as a musical sausage grinder. A whole bunch of crap goes in one end, and little musical turds come out the other. Each turd is "unique," but I have a hard time thinking of them as "original."

lol This is an awesome quote!! If I could keep this attitude/outlook, maybe I'd manage to write a song before I die!

Time Link to 00:18:12

I was listening to the audio from this as I rode my bike across California Ave. in Palo Alto and it made me rethink my emotions about all the trees the city cut down recently. As usual, a Tommy video has helped my non-poker life as much as my poker life.

TEPTPE is next in my playlist, but I just wanted to say that this video was excellent.