Favorite Poker Quotes

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"For the most part, the younger the player, the looser they are, and the more likely it is that they will bluff." -- Andy Bellin
 
"Studying poker is a little like learning with a crazy math teacher. A teacher who marks problems right or wrong with no correlation to whether we did the problem correctly or not." -- Danny Asman
 
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"There is an unwritten rule among regulars that obvious live ones, wealthy losers, and cardroom strangers should never be criticized publicly or made to feel bad about their poor play and the extent of their losses." -- David Hayano
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That’s just like the “don’t tap the glass” saying. Try not to scare the fish! 🤭
 
"With a Pair of Aces or Kings, one of two things will usually happen. Either: (1) You'll win a small pot or (2) You'll lose a big pot." -- Doyle Brunson
 
"Most great poker players -- as with most great artists -- have difficulty articulating how they do what they do; they just do." -- Michael Konik
 
In a class I heard from the coach: “it's not the lines that define the circumstances. It is the circumstances that define the lines. “

It was a class about range.
 
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"He decided to pay Myer out of his first good pot. He liked to pay his debts that way, largely because money at a poker table didn’t seem like money to him." -- Robert McLaughlin
 
"Gambling for lucre is most pernicious, debilitating, nauseous and immoral pursuit." -- Patrick O’Brian
 
What makes a decision great is not that it has a great outcome. - Annie Duke

It's a great remind when you lose a big hand, but you played correctly. It's better to lose on a hand you "should have won" according to the math than win big calling with crap you shouldn't have. That will bring you more success in the long run.
 
"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
 
“People think mastering skill is the hard part of poker — it isn’t. The real challenge is mastering your relationship with luck.”
For me, poker isn’t about controlling outcomes, but controlling reactions. Skill shows over time; luck just tests your discipline in the moment.
 
"At last he summoned up his courage and, pushing out his last hundred thousand (which represented all the cigars, champagne and other little pleasures he had to look forward to), he licked his lips several times and said, ‘I’ll see you." -- John Collier
 
That is a very interesting perspective. Mastering luck is basically another way of saying you need to master your mindset during variance. One of my favorite quotes is from Doyle Brunson: Poker is a hard way to make an easy living. It perfectly sums up the professional side of the game.
 
Poker is a game mostly about losses, where success is maximizing wins.
 
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"A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations." -- I Ching
 
-1respect1- said:
"People think mastering the skill is the hard part, but they're wrong....The trick to poker is mastering the luck"

just wondering if anyone else has some good quotes...
just leave me a messages if ya will....telling me how u like or not like my quote.
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A chip and a chair! Is so true but you have to have the mind set in order to achieve it. imo, just did it last week.

I was down to 5 chips, the next few hands dbld up. Played very aggressively until I had a respectable stack. It was a freeroll with 1350 starting players. Made it to the money, I think it paid 199 cant remember. By the time I made it to final table I was the smallest stack. Built it up to chip leader with 5 left, the next few hands felt like magic. It's an incredible feeling when everything falls into place and won the tournament! I wish it could always be this way!🤑 ok it was 5 chips and a virtual chair but it's close enough.
 
"Poker players are some of the most delusional people on the planet. . . . For every mistake we make at the poker table, there is an equal and opposite rationalization to explain it away. And when all else fails we can blame bad luck." -- Barbara Conners
 
"You must never suppose that a poker face is sufficient. That shows you’re thinking, and sometimes the appearance of thought ain’t called for." -- George MacDonald Fraser
 
If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.
 
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