Favorite Poker Quotes

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Fold to live another day, meaning it's a difficult fold but you have to make it in order to get in better situations
 
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“Most players look for reasons to run. I look for reasons to play.” – Daniel Negreanu
 
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Don't bet more than you afford to lose.

I don't know exactly the source, many have said this... and so true.
 
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"Statistics show that there are 1,302,540 possible poker hands of less value than one pair. . . . I have held all of those 1,302,540 hands and a few thousand more that statistics never heard of." -- Russell Crouse
 
"It never hurts for potential opponents to think you’re more than a little stupid, and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it." -- Amarillo Slim
 
“A day in poker is 90% luck and 10% skill. A year in poker is 10% luck and 90% skill.” Chris Ferguson.
 
"Most good players are only good at one game, an’ I was good at ’em all." - Johnny Moss
 
I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream. Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and - when played well, nourishes the wallet. -- Lou Krieger
 
"[O]verestimating the intelligence of the enemy is, if anything, more dangerous than underestimating it." - Neal Stephenson
 
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“Take some time to think, but when it’s time to act, stop thinking and get in.” -- Andrew Jackson
 
"You don’t want me sitting in here. Cards just turn to money in these hands. Back home they call me ‘The Cleveland Collector.’" -- Fitz in "Diggstown"
 
"He bared his teeth and furrowed his brow, then slowly closed his eyes. Frustration, like he had just busted out in a game of poker and was already trying to think of ways to get his money back." -- David Wong
 
“Poker is a lot like sex, everyone thinks they are the best, but most don’t have a clue what they are doing!” - Dutch Boyd
 
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This quote is one of my favorites.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. - Amarillo Slim
 
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“People would be amazed to learn how much I learned about praying from playing poker.” -- Mary Austin
 
"If you can’t look at your card one time and remember it for the few minutes it takes to play a hand of poker, then you have no business at the table." -- Milton T. Burton
 
"If you can’t look at your card one time and remember it for the few minutes it takes to play a hand of poker, then you have no business at the table." - Milton T. Burton
 
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"For two dope dealers, O thinks, they are amazingly transparent. She should have them teach her to play poker with them, take everything they own." -- Don Winslow
 
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