Favorite Poker Quotes by Casino.us

[Whaevoz]

"He’s got a computer, what does he keep on it? Accounts? Invoices? No, he keeps a record of all the games we’ve played, with lots of little colored graphs and charts." -- Patrick Marber

 

[Whaevoz]

"At any second, through all the hours, he knew to a nickel how the pot stood and controlled the players like the deck." -- Nelson Algren

 

[Whaevoz]

"I assume you know poker, or at least—like a lot of people—anyway play it." -- William Faulkner

 

[reska11]

You don’t stop playing poker because you get old. You get old because you stop playing poker. — Amarillo Slim

 

[Rosylly]

"On your bike" — Tony G

 

[Whaevoz]

"Dwight Eisenhower recorded West Point classmates' poker losses for payment after graduation and later stopped playing because his opponents resented having to pay him." -- Jean Edward Smith

 

[Whaevoz]

You don t stop playing poker because you get old. You get old because you stop playing poker, is a variation of a famous quote attributed to George Bernard Shaw: We don t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing . This sentiment has also been associated with poker legend Doyle Brunson (used in the opening of Poker After Dark), who embraced the idea that staying active and engaged is key to maintaining vitality throughout life.

 

[Rosylly]

“Poker is not a game of cards, it’s a game of people.” — Eric Seidel

 

[Rosylly]

"Poker is a hard way to make an easy living." — Doyle Brunson

 

[Whaevoz]

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

 

[Whaevoz]

"He picked up one of the packs and shuffled it slightly and quickly, cut it, and dealt me a king high flush in spades." -- Raymond Chandler

 

[Mazembe]

"poker is a war, people pretend it's a game"
Doyle

 

[Whaevoz]

"In my world, my enemies are ruthless. If I make nice, I get crushed." -- John Grisham

 

[Kaji Hokori]

"Poker isn't about playing the odds, it's about playing the man." - Harvey Specter from Suits

I know, not a quote by a real poker pro but this quote is imo also accurate

 

[Whaevoz]

"I lost my $100 buy-in before my seat got warm." -- John Lescroart

 

[Whaevoz]

"How about a little old Duck-in-the-Pond?’ . . . ‘Whazzat?’ grumbled Brush. He hated any silly variation of the fine old game of poker." -- James Thurber

 

[Whaevoz]

"A poker player relies on getting some good cards, without doubt, but also on knowing what to do with them." -- Otto Penzler

 

[Whaevoz]

"Shiny watched him talk himself into it, the way bad players always sold themselves on a dubious call." -- Sam Hill

 

[Whaevoz]

"It 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

 

[Roller]

It's an old quote, but still a great one in my opinion.
Doyle Brunson's poker quote "When luck shuts the door, you got to come in through the window "

 

[Whaevoz]

"I find that the incomparable advantage of playing by instinct is that no one has the slightest idea what I am likely to do or why. Neither have I, of course. . . ." -- Barbara Tuchman

 

[TheFO0L]

"Show me a good looser and i'll show you a looser" Stu Ungar

 

[Whaevoz]

"All the hands just bleed into one another, you know? And all the people." - Katy Lederer

 

[Whaevoz]

"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

 

[Robertobm]

Poker has taught me the art of deception