"I once played in an impromptu game in London. The stakes were serious, but we had no chips, so the host filched his son’s Monopoly set and we used the bills at their face value." -- Al Alvarez
"He’s got a computer, what does he keep on it? Accounts? Invoices? No, he keeps a record of all the games we’ve played, with lots of little colored graphs and charts." -- Patrick Marber
"When you get beat on and beat on, you bet when you should check and you check when you should bet. Folks get so they can read your mail." -- Pug Pearson
"Dwight Eisenhower recorded West Point classmates' poker losses for payment after graduation and later stopped playing because his opponents resented having to pay him." -- Jean Edward Smith
"How about a little old Duck-in-the-Pond?’ . . . ‘Whazzat?’ grumbled Brush. He hated any silly variation of the the fine old game of poker." -- James Thurber
"A lot of players want to bluff in their mind, but in their heart, they just can’t push those chips out there. You have to convince yourself of what you’re doing." -- Johnny Chan
"It is more about the people you are playing with than the cards you are dealt. Poker is simply a vehicle that facilitates human connection." -- Howard Lederer
"I find that the incomparable advantage of playing by instinct is that no one has the slightest idea what I am likely to do or why. Neither have I, of course. . . " -- Barbara Tuchman
Poker isn’t just about the cards you hold,
it’s about the pressure you create,
the reads you make,
and the moment you decide to pay to see,
when everyone else is afraid.
