Favorite Poker Quotes

[Fallenglory]

"In my club, I will splash the pot whenever I please."

-Teddy KGB, 'Rounders'

This scene and line cracked me up, such a great movie.

 

[Whaevoz]

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

 

[Whaevoz]

"People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker." -- Mary Hunter Austin

 

[Robertobm]

Life is just like poker. A solid risk that can not be avoided in any way. - Edward Norton

 

[Robertobm]

No wife can endure a gambling husband unless he is a steady winner. - Lord Dewar

 

[Robertobm]

I was tired, a little the worse for drink, jet lagged and light-headed – four out of four conditions in which one should certainly not play poker in Las Vegas. - Anthony Holden

 

[Robertobm]

When I experience a bad beat, I think of it as an overhead. If you own a business, you have to pay your bills, and I consider a bad beat one of my bills. - Jennifer Harman

 

[Robertobm]

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

 

[Robertobm]

The man who never bluffs never wins. - Oswald Jacoby

 

[Robertobm]

Poker is a combination of luck and skill. People think mastering the skill part is hard, but they’re wrong. The trick to poker is mastering the luck. - Jesse May

 

[Robertobm]

The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play. - Chris Moneymaker

 

[Robertobm]

A poker player has to get lucky – in the same way that Warren Buffet gets lucky playing the stock market year after year. - Phil Gordon

 

[Robertobm]

All I did was eat, sleep, and breathe tournament poker and the results showed that. - Daniel Negreanu

 

[Robertobm]

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead. - Jackie Robinson

 

[Robertobm]

I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a champion and make a sucker out of him. - Amarillo Slim

 

[Robertobm]

Those chips are your weapons, your arsenal. It you’re afraid to use them, don’t play. - Doyle Brunson

 

[Robertobm]

Try not to think you’re better than you are. - Erik Seidel

 

[85champ07]

"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will." - Jawaharlal Nehru

 

[Whaevoz]

"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will." -- Jawaharlal Nehru

 

[85champ07]

"The best poker books will teach you how to talk the talk. You'll have to learn to walk the walk on your own." - Lou Krieger

 

[Whaevoz]

"The best poker books will teach you how to talk the talk. You'll have to learn to walk the walk on your own." -- Lou Krieger

 

[Whaevoz]

"Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great." -- Walter Matthau

 

[Whaevoz]

"There is no sympathy in poker. Always keep cool. If you lose your head you will lose all your chips." -- William J. Florence

 

[85champ07]

"Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you." - Crandall Addington

 

[85champ07]

"The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play." - Chris Moneymaker