Famous Poker Quotes

[85champ07]

"Actually, of the great players, the ones who are some of the most exploitable are the ones who are really into math." - Erik Seidel

 

[85champ07]

"The influence of tournament poker on television has created a generation of poker players who embrace too much risk." - Rob Tucker

 

[sandy358]

Share and discuss your favorite quotes and poetic words of poker wisdom here. Recently I have enjoyed the daily quotes from replay poker and it has sparked an old love of poetry. I find many words of poker advice can be interpreted in multiple ways and depending on the situation it speaks to everyone a bit differently.

"Never balance against a fish" - Sun Tzu, the Art of War

 

[85champ07]

"Whenever he makes a big bet in my direction, I just kind of sit there and wait. He probably thinks that I’m calculating pot odds or something like that, but I’m not. I’m just waiting for him to get uncomfortable." - Andy Bellin

 

[85champ07]

"Any poker player knows that, despite what mathematicians say, there are phenomenal runs of luck that defy explanation." - David Mamet

 

[85champ07]

"Every time you get a half-decent hand, you put your tongue up against the inside of your left cheek and hold it there." - Sam Hill

 

[85champ07]

"[P]oker is one of those rare pursuits In which it is possible to compete with the best in the world and not look ridiculous." - Peter Alson

 

[85champ07]

"If you’re good at reading people, it’s mostly because you learned as a child." - “Nightmare Alley”

 

[CoucH]

"There’s a lot of fish at the table… and I’m the one with the worm."
— Tom Schneider

 

[85champ07]

"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

Best quote so far in my opinion

 

[85champ07]

"t 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

 

[85champ07]

"Winning in poker may not be a metaphor for winning in life, but neither is losing. Poker does not test character — it defines it." - Leonard Kriegel

 

[Roller]

Another Favorite Poker Quote

"If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker."
Matt Damon as Mike McDermott
Rounders

 

[85champ07]

"It's not whether you won or lost, but how many bad beat stories you were able to tell." - Grantland Rice

 

[85champ07]

"I always thought that [poker] probably doesn’t build character, but reveals it. " - Lou Krieger

 

[Omar.Imrane]

I agree with you — many poker quotes feel like they’re about life as much as they are about the game. One of my favorites is “Fold and live to fold again.” It’s simple, but it always reminds me that patience is power, both at the table and in life.

 

[85champ07]

"In the long run there's no luck in poker, but the short run is longer than most people know." - Rick Bennet

 

[85champ07]

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

 

[85champ07]

"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. " - Steven Wright

 

[85champ07]

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

 

[Rldetheflop]

Not sure where I heard it but my favorite quote is:
" If you never get caught bluffing, you're not bluffing enough. And if you never get bluffed off the best hand, you're calling too much."

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[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

 

[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