Favorite Poker Quotes

[Whaevoz]

"For such a good card player, the man was a useless liar." -- Joe Abercrombie

 

[Whaevoz]

"Gamblers think they have magic painted on them when they pick a perfecta out of the air or draw successfully to an inside straight." -- James Lee Burke

 

[ManOfSky]

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” — Doyle Brunson. I like this because it reminds me that study and discipline matter more than luck.

 

[Whaevoz]

You’ve probably heard this saying before: “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” Attributed to the Ancient Roman philosopher Seneca, who was a major influential force in the school of Stoicism, the quote is one of his most famous and insightful.

 

[Whaevoz]

"I have looked through poker material which featured equations of such mind-boggling complexity that I have seriously wondered if the Apollo moon landings relied on more straightforward mathematics." -- Byron Jacobs

 

[Whaevoz]

"‘Do not mock powers beyond your knowledge, impudent hairfoot,’ he said, as five aces materialized in his hand.’" -- Harvard Lampoon, “Bored of the Rings”

 

[Whaevoz]

"Poker is a much more difficult game than most people realize. . . It can be more complex than bridge or backgammon." -- David Sklansky

 

[Like2Play2]

I love all of these quotes. Thanks for opening up the thread.

 

[Whaevoz]

"If you are an excellent player, people are going to draw out on you a lot more than you’re going to draw out on them, because they’re simply going to have the worst hand against you a lot more." -- Bobby Baldwin

 

[Whaevoz]

“Poker does not allow the meek to inherit the Earth.” -- David Hayano

 

[Whaevoz]

“Just play every hand. You can’t miss them all.” -- Sammy Farha

 

[Whaevoz]

"When a big pot is won, the winner sits around and cracks bad jokes, and the loser cries, ‘Deal!’" -- Jack Froehlich

 

[Whaevoz]

"‘There’s a certain spot, between too drunk and not drunk enough, where I’m a hell of a card player.’" -- Joe Abercrombie

 

[Whaevoz]

"The bubble is my favorite time. You should go crazy. Play any two cards. No one wants to bust on the bubble." -- Patrik Antonius

 

[Whaevoz]

"He peeked at his cards and said ‘Ahhhh-ha,’ with a tone of interested pleasure. They were an astonishing constellation of crap; his worst hand yet." -- Scott Lynch

 

[kittykittykat]

When jacks get beat by kings, “
Never send a boy to do a man’s job.”
Or ,” You can win ‘em all if you don’t win the first one.

 

[Whaevoz]

"Many a time you’ll risk your stack / And back a king to hell and back--- / But, son, thar’s aces in every pack, / and don’t play ‘em unless you got ‘em." -- Damon Runyon

 

[Toruk Makto]

Live today, fight tomorrow!

 

[Whaevoz]

"I nearly supported myself during my two years in Hyde Park playing seven-card stud, Texas hold-em, no-peek and acey-deucey." -- Anthony Bourdain

 

[phuchoidey1]

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

 

[reeseflamees]

Its all luck

 

[Whaevoz]

"Poker players, it turns out, command one of the best-stocked pharmacies you’re likely to find for most every occasion." -- Maria Konnikova

 

[Whaevoz]

"The good thing about poker is there’s enough luck that you never have to admit it’s your fault you lost." -- Ike Haxton

 

[Whaevoz]

"Real life consists of bluffing, of little tactics of deception, of asking yourself what is the other man going to think I mean to do." -- John von Neumann

 

[Robertobm]

Poker is 100% skill and 50% luck. - Phil Hellmuth