Favorite Poker Quotes

[Robertobm]

The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses. - Bobby Baldwin

 

[Robertobm]

You call, it's gonna be all over baby. - Scotty Nguyen

 

[Robertobm]

It's hard work. gambling. Playing poker. Don't let anyone tell you different. - Stu Ungar

 

[Robertobm]

Show me your eyes and you may as well show me your cards. - Doyle Brunson

 

[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

 

[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

 

[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

 

[Whaevoz]

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