Upcoming Book by Tommy Angelo: "Elements of Poker"

[dubiousdrift]

I like the Wikipedia definition: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QFT)

"QFT", internet slang meaning "quoted for truth". This term applies on forums and posting boards where users can edit their posts, thus the QFT holds the poster to their original statement. It is also used to express agreement with a previous poster's statement and validate its veracity. Other variations include "quoted for truthiness" and "quite [censored] true".

[maurile]

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If Tommy Angelo wrote a book on gardening tips I'd still buy it.

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Definitely. I love gardening!

[bustedromo]

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Am I getting leveled or are you guys really advocating anything he writes?

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Speaking for myself, I am not leveling. I don't think anyone else is either. Here, go read this:

http://www.tommyangelo.com/articles/reciprocality.htm

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Reciprocality is a poker-specific adaptation of a very fundamental concept, but one that is quite often overlooked in poker, and in life:

Essentially it's that the more creative mind will emerge ahead in the long-run.

We can look at reciprocality as the coincidence of the two most important theoretical constructs of poker:

Theorem 1: creativity ultimately trumps mechanistic thinking

Theorem 2: Sklansky's fundamental theorem of poker (FTOP): any time a player plays a hand differently than it should be played if the opponent's cards were visible, the player loses value (as measured against the theoretical maximum value of the hand if it were played probabalistically optimally with opponent's cards known at all times)

Reciprocality is the application of creativity to induce an opponent into making plays that move the opponent further and further to the wrong side of FTOP.

[JackOfSpeed]

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Does QFT translate to "Quite f'n true"?

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Close, it's "quoted for truth."

[Matt Flynn]

nice!

[uDevil]

Tommy discusses the book on Dr. Al's Show. Sounds like it covers some middle ground between psychology and strategy. So it's Tommy-like.

[skillzilla]

so the book is done?who will publish it and when?

[uDevil]

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so the book is done?who will publish it and when?

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I don't recall if he mentioned the publisher. He said it's still a few MONTHS off.

I thought it was interesting that he's thinking of doing an audiobook version. There is an audio preview available here:

http://www.annaparadox.com/eop

[steamboatin]

Rumor has it Tommy Angelo is going to have a show on Holdemradio after the book is done which I believe is in the very near future.

[Cactus Jack]

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Rumor has it Tommy Angelo is going to have a show on Holdemradio after the book is done which I believe is in the very near future.

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Wow. Where'd you hear this rumor?