Angelo, like most poker players, had his ups and downs—not just in his results but also in the quality of his play. When he was playing his best, he was very good. But he wasn’t always playing his best—very often, he was on tilt. “I was a great tilter,” Angelo reflected in his book, Elements of Poker, referring to a state of overaggressive play brought on by a loss of perspective.37 “I knew all the different kinds. I could do steaming tilt, simmering tilt, too loose tilt, too tight tilt, too aggressive tilt, too passive tilt, playing too high tilt, playing too long tilt, playing too tired
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