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04-12-2017 , 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by NickMPK
Yeah, I'm about 2/3 of the way through it myself. So far, I'm pretty disappointed, since I really liked a lot of Angelo's other work. But this book is a series of bad beat stories (mostly fictional) followed by what seems like 300 pages of Tommy extolling the virtues of meditation and Buddhist philosophy in a rather tedious "Socratic" format. I suppose I should go ahead and finish it if the ending is great.
Didn't say the ending was great, just that it was breathtaking. I'm still trying to figure out if the ending actually happened.
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04-13-2017 , 10:42 AM
just put it on my wish list jonathan
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04-29-2017 , 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by NickMPK
Anyone have any impressions of "Painless Poker" or "Poker and More..." now that they have been out for a week?
Painless Poker is well written and very entertaining. I can see it improving some player's games a great deal, and other player's games not at all. Your response to the book will likely be very personal.
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04-29-2017 , 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by mendicant loafer
Painless Poker is well written and very entertaining. I can see it improving some player's games a great deal, and other player's games not at all. Your response to the book will likely be very personal.
At this point, when I read a poker book, I mostly do so for entertainment. And I'm afraid I haven't found it all that entertaining.

At least half of the book is just Angelo proselytizing meditation. It goes on for literally hundreds of pages. I'm not even sure how long it goes on for because I just can't get through it. I've read about 3/4 of the book, but at this point everytime I pick it up I read for like 15 minutes hoping I'll finally be through all the meditation stuff and get back to something interesting. But it never happens, and I think I've done this eight to ten times now.
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05-02-2017 , 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by NickMPK
At this point, when I read a poker book, I mostly do so for entertainment. And I'm afraid I haven't found it all that entertaining.

At least half of the book is just Angelo proselytizing meditation. It goes on for literally hundreds of pages. I'm not even sure how long it goes on for because I just can't get through it. I've read about 3/4 of the book, but at this point everytime I pick it up I read for like 15 minutes hoping I'll finally be through all the meditation stuff and get back to something interesting. But it never happens, and I think I've done this eight to ten times now.
sorry to hear that you didn't get much from reading painless poker. you've likely got far fewer issues than i

i am using techniques i learned from tommy to help deal with anger, frustration, and impatience. emotions that have resulted in lots of life -EV. also helping my increase my bluff frequency and the success rate of my bluffs.
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