Quotes About Bluffing

It was always going to be you," I told Jameson. He needed to hear it. I needed to say it, even though always painted over so much. In response, Jameson gave me another crooked smile. "It's times like this, Heiress, that I wish I'd fallen in love with a girl who wasn't quite so good at bluffing.

was always going to be you," I told Jameson. He needed to hear it. I needed to say it, even though always painted over so much. In response, Jameson gave me another crooked smile. "It's times like this, Heiress, that I wish I'd fallen in love with a girl who wasn't quite so good at bluffing.

Beginning players are predictable and rarely bluff. They tend to focus only on their own hand and simply hope to catch the one card they need to improve.

Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something.

Was that a sly smile of the initiate, or a dumb smile of bluffing?

All supposed exterior signs of danger that a bull gives, such as pawing the ground, threatening with his horns, or bellowing are forms of bluffing. They are warnings given in order that combat may be avoided if possible. The truly brave bull gives no warning before he charges except the fixing of his eye on the enemy, the raising of the crest of muscle in his neck, the twitching of an ear, and, as he charges, the lifting of his tail.

Whenever somebody folds, say, 'Good laydown.' It encourages them to fold on a later hand because it makes them feel like you had the best hand even if you were bluffing. It's an odd form of flattery that seems to work at the poker table.

My attitude was unyielding, solidly backed by the wisdom of the Bluff Theory, which states: The secret to bluffing is to not bluff.

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

In order to maximize your profits at the poker table, your goal should be to play completely opposite of the way other players at the table perceive you. Simply put, if opponents label you a conservative player who never bluffs and only plays premium hands, you'll do better playing aggressively and bluffing frequently.

One doctor in Chicago said I was bluffing, but what he really meant was that I was a twin six and he had never seen one before.

The goal of hyper-aggressive poker is to create a wild and crazy image that will return dividends when you're eventually dealt a monster hand.

My favorite poker game is No Limit Texas Hold 'Em.

Playing fast and aggressive poker can help manufacture chips out of thin air and is one element of the game that separates the great players from the merely very good. But beware; it can be risky.

Everybody thinks that actors would be really good at bluffing, but I think it's a little backward.

If you never bluff, you'll rarely get called. If you bluff all the time, you'll always get called.

Un buen psicoterapeuta es como un jugador de póquer con las apuestas altas —pensó—. Evita dar pistas a los demás jugadores para poder tirarse un farol y quedarse con lo que hay en el centro de la mesa.»

He saw in this over-acting a kind of bluffing, which made him like Anna, whom he liked much, more.

Very few players want to go home wondering if they've folded the best hand. They feel humiliated when they're bluffed out of a pot. As a result, these players make calls with marginal hands that put their entire tournament at risk.

When people use the word 'science,' it's often a tell, like in poker, that you're bluffing.

In a game of poker, I can put the players' souls in my pocket.

Although I have to say, it's become a lot harder for me since I won the world series because everyone wants to beat me. For example, bluffing is really tough now, because there's always someone who calls me on the off-chance that they'll then be able to say they read a world champion's bluff.

Bluffing is most effective when done sporadically; bluff too often, and you'll blow your credibility.

It used to be considered an art form to win a tournament without having to shove all your chips in the middle.