In the same way that being Italian permits me to tell Italian jokes, I would like to introduce this movie of love with my favorite cat joke:
You know what I think about people who don’t like cats?
They don’t know how to cook ‘em.
Enjoy…
Archive: August, 2011
I was at a party the other night and one of my favorite conversations happened. I get introduced by someone I know to someone I don’t know. “This is Tommy,” they say. “He is like, Joe Poker.”
After I say a few words, I ask my new acquaintance, “So, do you play poker?”
And they say, “Yes, but not very well.”
And I say, “Great! I’ve got some cards in the car. How much money do you have on you right now?
If you are in the poker business in any capacity and you don’t know about Bill’s Blog, think of its addition to your life as an upgrade.
Here’s what Bill had to say about my new book:
I give A Rubber Band Story two raging thumbs up. If you like Tommy’s style or writing and have enjoyed the short stories he’s submitted on Bill’s Poker Blog you’ll love A Rubber Band Story because that’s basically what the book is.
It has all of the hallmark Tommy Angelo qualities. It’s humorous, well written, insightful, offbeat, thought provoking, and sometimes just plain silly. What I enjoy most about Tommy’s writing style is that he writes from the heart.
The book is a mixture of some new material along with what Tommy felt were his best blog posts, articles, postings, etc over the last decade or so. The information is timeless because it’s the essence of poker.
Tommy’s writings have never been about whether to fold AJs to a reraise pre-flop. It’s about getting in touch with our biggest leak in poker, ourselves. He explores different ways of thinking about the game, life, and balancing the two. And he’s able to do that through story telling that leaves most poker writers in the dust.
It’s easy to be entertained by Tommy’s stories because they’re normally witty and light but that’s often a trick Tommy is able to play on his readers because there is a more profound message underneath it all. He may write a story about folding that makes you chuckle but when you dive a little deeper he’s really seeding a message about how successful players think about their starting hands and folding differently.
If you’re a fan of any of Tommy’s writings you can find on Bill’s Poker Blog or on Tommy’s own site, you’ll love A Rubber Band Story.
I was at a poker party the other night with some friends I had not seen in several years. One of them is David, a pro I used to play with all the time. He was with his girlfriend, Liz, who I had not met. We three were chatting along, and I asked the tradition question, “Where did you two meet?” David paused for dramatic effect, and then proclaimed, “We met at a poker table.”
“Tell me more!” I said.
“It was at the $15-30 limit hold’em game at The Oaks,” David said. “I was in seat 7. There were three loose players in the game, all seated to my immediate right, in seats 4, 5 and 6. And on my left I had three rocks. It was the greatest seating set-up imaginable. Liz was in seat 2. Liz and I had had some flirtatious exchanges. But just how warm were the waters? The main thing I knew about her was that I really wanted to know more about her, and of course I wanted her to know more about me! So when the player in seat 3 quit, I moved from seat 7, the best seat at the table, to seat 3, the worst seat at the table, right in front of the three actions players. I did this just so that I could sit next to Liz in seat 2. She is an astute player and she understood what I had done and why I did it. She knew I was throwing money away. She knew that I lived for seating situations like the one I was enjoying in seat 7, and that I had abandoned all that, just to be close to her. And we are currently living happily ever after.”
