Favorite Poker Quotes

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"You never show your cards unless your opponent has called the final bet." -- Michael Connelly
 
"Folding your small blind should become second nature to you. I believe that most people lose even more money in the small blind than they do in the big blind." -- Rolf Slotboom
 
"Dreary hours in Brighton playing poker with a rotating team of intelligence officers who lost money with depressing ease." -- Adrian McKinty
 
"You will do well to look for sit’ n’ gos with at least 2-3 bad or mediocre players registered." -- Phil Shaw
 
"I learned two things. . . The art of the bluff . . . and the luck of the draw." -- William Diehl
 
"Some make a bluff and oft get there / While others ante and never hold a pair." -- Pat Hogan
 
"Poker is a lot like chess, in that the best players are thinking one or two moves ahead (or, in the case of poker, one or two streets ahead)." -- Chris Moorman
 
"When in the blinds, it is important to realize that your opponents will almost always assume you hold nothing." -- Rolf Slotboom
 
Gamblers think they have magic painted on them when they pick a perfecta out of the air or draw successfully to an inside straight." -- James Lee Burke
 
"Sometimes, it’s the hands you don’t play that win you the title. We remember the hero calls. What about the hero folds?" -- Maria Konnikova
 
"I have looked through poker material which featured equations of such mind-boggling complexity that I have seriously wondered if the Apollo moon landings relied on more straightforward mathematics." -- Byron Jacobs
 
"Do not mock powers beyond your knowledge, impudent hairfoot,’ he said, as five aces materialized in his hand." -- Harvard Lampoon, “Bored of the Rings”
 
"Poker is a much more difficult game than most people realize. . . . It can be more complex than bridge or backgammon." - David Sklansky
 
"To a far greater extent than in other sports, [poker players] depend on the long run for their skill to manifest itself. But damn, it takes really long to come." -- The Economic Times (India)
 
"If you are an excellent player, people are going to draw out on you a lot more than you’re going to draw out on them, because they’re simply going to have the worst hand against you a lot more." -- Bobby Baldwin
 
-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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That’s an interesting quote. In poker, skill helps you make the right decisions, but luck definitely plays a big role in the short term. I think the real challenge is managing the luck over the long run.
 
Whaevoz said:
"If you are an excellent player, people are going to draw out on you a lot more than you’re going to draw out on them, because they’re simply going to have the worst hand against you a lot more." -- Bobby Baldwin
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Great quote. It really shows how poker works — if you’re usually ahead, people will draw out on you sometimes. It can feel frustrating, but in the long run it actually means you’re getting your money in good.
 
"There’s a certain spot, between too drunk and not drunk enough, where I’m a hell of a card player." -- Joe Abercrombie
 
"The bubble is my favorite time. You should go crazy. Play any two cards. No one wants to bust on the bubble." -- Patrik Antonius
 
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