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“Poker is a combination of luck and skill. Although people think mastering the skill is difficult, they are wrong. “Mastering the luck is the key to poker.” -- Jesse May
 
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You realize how many times lightning has to strike in order for you to be sitting here? — Mike Matusow
 
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"Bad beats are a really bad mental habit. You don’t want to ever dwell on them. It doesn’t help you become a better player. It’s like dumping your garbage on someone else’s lawn. It just stinks." -- Erik Seidel
 
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You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once.“ – Amarillo Slim Preston
 
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One of my all-time favorites is: 'Poker is a hard way to make an easy living.' It perfectly sums up the grind.
 
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-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.
Love your quote — it’s basically the poker version of “I’m just a lucky guy with a lot of practice” 😎.

And yes! From Ocean’s Eleven: “You’re either in or you’re out. You stick with the plan, or you get left behind.” Could easily be a poker mantra… or the motto of anyone bluffing with a terrible hand.
 
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“Investment is just like poker because there are so many different strategies that you can take – some of the best players are the hyper-aggressive ones, some of them are tighter players who wait and pick their spots better; there’s no set strategy that’s the best possible strategy.”

Vanessa Selbst is my poker idol. I admire her ability to read opponents. Her playing style is aggressive and yet calculated and she has impressive achievements.
 
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"A lot of players—thanks, Pop—think they have a poker face. But they only use it when they’re holding something of value." -- Christopher Coake
 
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This is probably my favorite :)
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to Tony G]Mike "The Mouth" Matusow: You talk more in twenty minutes than I do in a week!
 
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“If you play bridge poorly, you make your partner suffer. But if you play poker poorly, you make everyone happy.” -- Joe Laurie, Jr.
 
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“Zag when they think you'll zig.”​

― Richard Powers, Orfeo
 
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know when to hold em, know when to fold em
 
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"Mr. Hopkins played the most exquisite poker. She complimented him, as another woman might have complimented her partner at a waltz." -- Peter Carey
 
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-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.
“How you gonna win anything if you can’t handle a little luck?” — Rounders





Nice quote you posted—fits the vibe perfectly.
 
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"You wanna learn about a person, it costs you. And the more you learn, the more it costs." -- David Goodis
 
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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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„You must learn from your mistakes. You must study your mistakes. You must realize that you will not get better until you admit that you are capable of making mistakes.“ – David Sklansky
 
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“Poker does not allow the meek to inherit the Earth.” -- David Hayano
 
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Life is a poker game, and everybody has to show their cards. ...
 
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"To him it didn’t matter if he was playing no limit or penny ante. He still liked to make the right percentage play. It was a matter of pride." -- Dick Miles
 
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“There’s no one who ever beat me playing cards; the only one who ever beat me was myself.”
— Stu Ungar
 
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"Dar had not played poker since the Marines, so he gave Syd his best chess face." -- Dan Simmons
 
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"Folks will stand to lose more than they will to win. That’s the most important percentage there is." -- Pug Pearson
 
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