Favorite Poker Quotes

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“Read ‘em and weep!” - the moment you realize your 4 kings are crushed by 4 aces, a.k.a. bad beat.
 
"Playing poker is like moving to a new city: scary and unknown at first, but with every street you travel the more you learn about your community." -- VinnShady
 
"Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life—but it is also merely a game, in which money is simply the means of keeping score." -- Anthony Holden
 
If, while playing poker, you look around at all the players at the table and cannot understand which of them is a mug, then the mug is you.

Paul Newman
 
Life is like playing poker: if you don't put anything on the line, you won't get anything from it.

Jackie Mebley (Moms)
 
Poker is cool. In one evening, you can reach the height of happiness or unhappiness, all very quickly. It's not bad or good cards that matter, it's important to be able to play bad cards. What matters is not what cards you actually have, but what your opponent thinks they are.

Bernard Werber
 
I still love playing poker and often win. It's a smart game to learn when to take advantage, when to fold, and when to bluff.

Lee Lacocca
 
What is "poker"?
A card game in which more capable liars steal money from less gifted liars, all pretending to be bosom buddies.

David Mitchell
 
In life, as in poker, the real game is in the space between your cards and others.

Sebastian de Castell
 
Poker is like boxing, the only difference is that a boxing match lasts an hour, while a poker game can last for a day. The player is a lone wolf who is addicted to the game. For him, nothing exists outside the table, he is only concerned with how to survive in the game. All the problems and questions that a person may have are supplanted by the game. This is an escape from reality.



Dieter Meyer
 
In general, I like poker - of course, the game is vulgar and, moreover, frankly boring for two - but there is a certain element of randomness in it, which is what attracts me.

Donna Tartt
 
An important part of the game is to make them believe that they are to blame for their loss, and not that you robbed them. This is useful for replays.

Tilt
 
An important part of the game is to make them believe that they are to blame for their loss, and not that you robbed them. This is useful for replays.

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Since you don’t have to show your cards down to win, under the right circumstances any hand can be a winner
 
"If you can't throw $100 in the fire, you can't play poker for a living" - Phil Ivey
 
"A true gambler isn't the one who make the highest bet. It's the one who make the most calculated one." -- Yiazmat
 
"You can't win a tournament on the first hand, but you can lose one." -- SunPowerGuru
 
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