Poker Guidance from Tommy Angelo
Taking the pain out of poker, one thorn at a time.| Tommy Angelo
Was it the killer kale salad? Or maybe it was the nap. Why was tonight’s poker session extra awesome? Three times I found myself basking in the bliss of poker nirvana. The third event was so profound that I rushed home to type about it. Topping off at Oaks After Covid, when poker players were […] The post Symptoms of Poker Nirvana appeared first on Tommy Angelo.| Tommy Angelo
What I’m about to say is hard to fathom, even though we all know it’s true: Your phone is an inanimate object. It just sits there, dead like a stone, until you decide to bring it to life. What if, during your poker sessions, you deployed your phone for the sole purpose of playing better […] The post Project Phone Fruit appeared first on Tommy Angelo.| Tommy Angelo
If you prefer your coffee with cream, and that doesn’t happen, you don’t have to be unhappy about it. If you prefer to win with pocket aces, and that doesn’t happen, you don’t have to be unhappy about that either. Do you believe what I just said? Do you believe that painless preferences are possible? […] The post Painless Preferences appeared first on Tommy Angelo.| Tommy Angelo
The stillness hypothesis goes like this: During poker, each moment of stillness is a moment of less unhappiness, and less tilt, which is pretty much the same thing. By tilt I mean any non-A-game performance or mindset. A scientific hypothesis should be falsifiable, meaning that the hypothesist provides an experiment that could disprove the hypothesis. […] The post The Stillness Hypothesis appeared first on Tommy Angelo.| Tommy Angelo
Poker mantras are plentiful and awesome, such as “All you need is a chip and a chair,” and “It’s never wrong to not play.” But the best poker mantra of all – the only one with explicit universal instructions that can improve your win rate at any moment – the only mantra that has saved …| Tommy Angelo
Kathleen and I got married on 4-20, inadvertently. This is that story. According to legend, and Wikipedia, 420 gained its meaning in 1971, at San Rafael High School in Northern California, when five students hatched a plan to find an abandoned cannabis crop from the grower’s treasure map. They met after school at the Louis …| Tommy Angelo
To play your best all the time, you must feel financially secure at the table all the time. That’s just how poker works.| Tommy Angelo
That’s the root of impatience, right there: we can’t sit still and feel at ease. Kinda funny, right? Our main problem is that doing nothing is a problem.| Tommy Angelo
Equanimity is a state of steadiness that’s impervious to external conditions. Equanimity is calmness and composure, even in the face of difficulty. Equanimity is the acceptance of whatever is, on an ongoing basis. That sounds to me like a dandy way to play poker. My exposure to this word comes from Buddhist teachings. In Buddhism, […] The post The Math of Equanimity appeared first on Tommy Angelo.| Tommy Angelo
When the voice speaks, heed it. The opinionless voice. The quiet voice. The voice of inner wisdom. The voice that knows when it’s time to quit, or change seats, or add on, etc. The voice is your only advocate. But it’s easily drowned out by the loudmouths and bullies in your head who don’t really […] The post Heed the Voice appeared first on Tommy Angelo.| Tommy Angelo
