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Random Tommyism: Your poker bankroll is an imaginary wall between some of your money and the rest of it.

 


Beyond statistics, beyond whether to raise, call, or fold, Elements of Poker reveals a new world of profitability for your bankroll and your life. (...more)


A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales collects the best articles, blogs, and stories from Tommy Angelo's last 12 years of writing and showcases them with eighteen new introductions and afterwords.


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The Bread and Butter Situations

The betting before the flop just ended. Then comes that little pause. Before the flop is flopped. It's the ready-set-go part of the hand. Sometimes, in that suspended space, I get a feeling of This is why I came. This is why I showed up to play poker today, just so that I could get myself into exactly the spot I am in right now. Long ago, I started to think of these situations - the ones that made me feel like I was making money just by being in them - as my bread and butter.