Favorite Poker Quotes

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"Man’s disposition is such that hope lingers long after reason has bid it begone." -- Allan Massie
 
Life isn't always about having good cards. Sometimes, it's about playing a bad hand well.
 
"The cards began to come to me, under the naked bulb, the aces and deuces and the queens with their beautiful cold faces, and I really only made 2 mistakes that night." -- John Updike
 
“Forget about a chair and a chip; give me a hand, and I’ll stand.” -- Warren Karp
 
"It’s hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you’re on a losing one." -- Cara Bertoia
 
all you need is a chip and a chair…

I have no idea who’s it is I use it every day it’s become my mantra
 
"When a gambler picks up a pack of cards or a pair of dice, he feels as though he has reduced an unmanageable world to a finite, visible and comprehensible size." -- Annabel Davis-Goff
 
"You will show your poker greatness by the hands you fold, not the hands you play." -- Dan Reed
 
"Figure out what your opponent wants you to do and try to do the opposite." -- Lou Krieger
 
"If the world's top players have only one thing in common, it's that they take control of the hands they play with bets and raises. Usually . . . calling is the least attractive option." -- Chris Ferguson
 
Poker is not just a cunning game for lucky people; it is a tough game that tests your character. A weak person cannot play poker—they will be crushed like a fragile nut. Only strong-minded, morally stable players can achieve greatness in poker and not be “eaten alive.”
 
“There are things in our country that are criminally neglected, like poker. That alone is enough to make you ashamed of being an American.”

Mark Twain. ​
 
"Toothpicks and candy bars make good poker chips and don't raise emotions the way that paychecks do." -- Linda Greenlaw
 
"The smaller the stakes, the wilder the game, the easier to win." -- Herbert O. Yardley
 
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