Reads over rules
Charts get you to the table. Reading the actual human across from you is what wins the money.
The Journey
This is Texas Tommy
Tommy Yau traded Hong Kong for a passport full of stamps and a seat at the toughest games he could find. This is the road from curiosity to WPT Global Ambassador — and it's still being written.
The short version
A game of
A game of
incomplete information
Poker pulled me in because it rewards the thing I can't stop doing — trying to figure out what someone else is thinking. Every hand is a puzzle built out of incomplete information, and the players who win are the ones who ask better questions.
I didn't inherit a bankroll or a shortcut. I came up chasing the game around the world — one buy-in, one flight, and one lesson at a time. That grind is the whole point, and it's why the way I teach actually sticks.
Chapter by chapter
Where I came from,
Where I came from,
where I'm headed
Hong Kong
Where it started
Home was Hong Kong — where I first fell for the game and the endless puzzle of reading people. That curiosity turned into hours of study and a decision I never regretted: to take poker seriously and see how far it could take me.
The Road
Traveling to conquer the high stakes
To grow, I had to go where the games were. I built a base in Toronto and started chasing action across the US circuit — Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, and Florida — and even the US Poker Cruise. Tougher games, bigger swings, faster lessons. This is where the craft got real — battling in competitive line-ups like Champions Club Texas alongside peers such as Outlaw, Ham, Thai, and The Commish.
The Camera
Sharing the journey with the gents
I started filming sessions and breaking hands down out loud — street by street, assigning ranges, sizing bets, exploiting the table. Not to show off, but because teaching a concept is the fastest way to truly understand it. Bankroll challenges, travel vlogs, and honest downswings turned viewers into a real community — in English and on a dedicated Cantonese channel.
The Partnership
Becoming a WPT Global Ambassador
Signing with WPT Global — the official online poker room of the World Poker Tour — was a milestone I don't take for granted. It's where I put in online volume and where my community can sit in the same games with me, straight from their phone.
What's Next
Building something bigger
More content, more coaching, and more ways to bring people into the game the right way. The goal has never changed: help players stop guessing and start thinking. If that's you — let's get to work.
How I think about the game
The house rules
Process over results
One session tells you nothing. Good decisions, repeated a thousand times, tell you everything.
Honesty over ego
The fastest way to improve is to get brutally honest about your leaks. That's exactly what coaching is for.
Want in on the next chapter?
Follow the journey, learn the craft, or sit in the games with me on WPT Global.