Favorite Poker Quotes

[Whaevoz]

"Courage! And shuffle the cards." -- George MacDonald Fraser

 

[Whaevoz]

"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

 

[Whaevoz]

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

 

[Whaevoz]

“The Main Event is the only tournament in the history of poker you never have to bluff. You just have to stay alive and wait for the idiots to give you their chips.” -- Mike Matusow.

 

[Whaevoz]

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

 

[Whaevoz]

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

 

[accuratefern]

A Smith & Wesson beats four aces
- American proverb

 

[Whaevoz]

"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

 

[Whaevoz]

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

 

[Pay Mei]

"AT THE TABLE, YOU'RE YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY." — Stu Ungar

 

[Whaevoz]

“I believe most of the world is finally starting to love me, like McEnroe or Ali.” -- Phil Hellmuth

 

[Whaevoz]

"Toothpicks and candy bars make good poker chips and don't raise emotions the way that paychecks do." -- Linda Greenlaw

 

[Whaevoz]

"There is more to poker than life." -- Tom McEvoy

 

[Whaevoz]

"I led so he would raise me. He fell for it, but he had a set." -- Phil Hellmuth

 

[Whaevoz]

“Aside from lovemaking and singing in a shower, there aren’t many human activities where there is more difference between a person’s self-delusional ability or their actual ability than poker.” -- Steve Badger

 

[Quikcue]

The one poker quote that sticks with me most is . Better to fold a winner than bet a loser

 

[RonanPERNA]

“No-limit hold’em: Hours of boredom followed by moments of sheer terror.” (Tom McEvoy)

 

[Whaevoz]

“What’s true in poker is true in life.” Most people are suckers and don’t realize it.” -- Michael Faust

 

[Whaevoz]

"The smarter you play, the luckier you'll be." -- Mark Pilarski

 

[Whaevoz]

“It is said that patience and stubbornness are the two most important psychological characteristics of snipers. Some might argue that the same holds true for poker players.” -- Stephen Bloomfield

 

[Whaevoz]

“Poker is a microcosm of everything we admire and disdain regarding capitalism and democracy.” -- Lou Kreiger

 

[sibkaz]

I still love poker and win a lot. This is a clever game that lets you learn when to take advantage, when to pass, and when to bluff.
Lee Iacocca

 

[Whaevoz]

“Everyone is lucky once in a while, but no one is consistently lucky.” -- Doyle Brunson

 

[Whaevoz]

"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn't play poker." -- Amarillo Slim

 

[sibkaz]

You can cut the wool off a sheep many times. But the skin can only be cut once
Benny Binion