Favorite Poker Quotes

[Whaevoz]

"I never show a bluff. I don’t ever want my opponents thinking I’d resort to trickery to win a pot." -- Adam Slutsky

 

[love2playnlh]

Here's some I made up. Maybe someone said them before:
The fold is gold.
It's ok to make mistakes
Love to play
Play good poker
Don't overvalue the over pair
Don't give in to temptation

If you want, let me know which is your favorite and I look forward to reading yours too.

 

[Whaevoz]

"Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances." -- Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

 

[Whaevoz]

"If you want to know when to call and when to bluff, identify yourself with the opponent’s cunning." -- Herbert O. Yardley

 

[Whaevoz]

"One of the many reason I love no-limit Texas Hold ’Em is I find the balance between luck, skill, and bluffing a useful metaphor for life." -- John Buffalo Mailer

 

[WrongUsername]

a chip and a chair
the best i heard.

 

[Whaevoz]

"To say that he was bluffing was to give him far too much credit; more likely he was simply bored with sitting out." -- Joe Abercrombie

 

[CaioRJ]

"I Need some money, you got any money?" Negreanu

 

[Whaevoz]

“Life is too short to play bad cards.” -- Frank DiElsi

 

[havingfun]

“You will show your poker greatness by the hands you fold, not the hands you play.” ~ Dan Reed

 

[Whaevoz]

“A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.” -- Doyle Brunson

 

[Whaevoz]

"Poker. Savage power in gentlemen’s hands." -- "Sin City"

 

[Whaevoz]

"Guy’s got a full house, you got two pair, it puts you in a philosophically indefensible position." -- "House of Games"

 

[Whaevoz]

"‘I only got five cards.’ ‘How many do you want?’ I says. ‘Oh,’ he says, ‘if that's all I get I'll try to make 'em do.’" -- Ring Lardner

 

[yuya]

「If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.」

 

[Whaevoz]

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

 

[Whaevoz]

"But as he spoke, from beneath his cloak / He slipped another ace." -- Chris De Burgh

 

[Whaevoz]

"Folding your small blind should become second nature to you. I believe that most people lose even more money in the small blind than they do in the big blind." -- Rolf Slotboom

 

[Whaevoz]

"Dreary hours in Brighton playing poker with a rotating team of intelligence officers who lost money with depressing ease." -- Adrian McKinty

 

[reeseflamees]

Really nice

 

[Whaevoz]

"You will do well to look for st’n’gos with at least 2-3 bad or mediocre players registered." -- Phil Shaw

 

[Whaevoz]

“They say that sex is good, but poker lasts longer.” -- Al Alvarez

 

[Whaevoz]

"I learned two things. . . The art of the bluff . . . and the luck of the draw." -- William Diehl

 

[Whaevoz]

"Poker is a lot like chess, in that the best players are thinking one or two moves ahead (or, in the case of poker, one or two streets ahead)." -- Chris Moorman

 

[Whaevoz]

"When in the blinds, it is important to realize that your opponents will almost always assume you hold nothing." -- Rolf Slotboom