Favorite Poker Quotes

[Whaevoz]

“Hold em is to stud what chess is to checkers.” -- Johnny Moss

 

[Whaevoz]

"Overestimating the intelligence of the enemy is, if anything, more dangerous than underestimating it." -- Neal Stephenson

 

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“Losing is like smoking. It’s habit forming.” -- Puggy Pearson

 

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“If I lose, I don’t give a damn about the money, but I just hate the embarrassment of being beaten.” -- Jack Straus

 

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"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

 

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"Luck determines who has the bets cards. Skill determines who has the most chips." -- Howard Lederer

 

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“Poker is a lot like sex. Everyone thinks they are the best, but most don’t have a clue what they're doing.” -- Dutch Boyd

 

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“If there is one ‘X-factor’ that unites all great poker players, it’s their willingness to play aggressive poker.” -- Phil Gordon

 

[Whaevoz]

"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

 

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"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

 

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"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

 

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"You can't go playing poker with a pistol in your sleeve." -- Mark Knopfler

 

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"Man’s disposition is such that hope lingers long after reason has bid it begone." -- Allan Massie

 

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“The man who never bluffs never wins.” -- Oswald Jacoby

 

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“When your opponent’s sittin’ there holdin’ all the Aces, there’s only one thing to do: kick over the tables.” -- Dean Martin

 

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"If you have sex before you sleep, you will probably be more rested and less distracted when you play." -- Barry Greenstein

 

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"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

 

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"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

 

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"Yeah, money talks, I should know. Mine always says ‘Goodbye.'" -- David Lee Roth

 

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"You will show your poker greatness by the hands you fold, not the hands you play." -- Dan Reed

 

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"Figure out what your opponent wants you to do and try to do the opposite." -- Lou Krieger

 

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"Seventy-five percent of all poker players think they play better than the other seventy-five percent." -- Tommy Angelo

 

[RoyalRuckus]

Doyle Brunson:

• “Poker is war. People pretend it is a game.”
• "The key to no-limit hold'em is to put a man to a decision for all his chips."

 

[Whaevoz]

“The man who cheats is a fool of course. He cheats not only the other players but himself, as well. He cheats himself of self-respect and the pleasure of the game.” -- Nick Dandalos

 

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"The harder I work, the luckier I get." -- Gary Play