Quotes About Poker

But I want people to understand that poker's not all glamorous, it's not all being on TV and making tons of money. It's a hard life. It's a lot of travel. It's a lot of weird hours.

Not much more than a broke disgrace who's hooked on tonics, so excuse him if his poker face has puke on it.

The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.

Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with.

I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

Never trust a poker player.

The tools of aggression we have do not work as well in bloated, multi-way pots.

BOTTOM LINE: 1. Don't limp for three sessions. 2. Raise bigger pre-flop. 3. Consider re-raising or folding before you call a raise. 4. Want to limp, see Rule One. 5. Seriously, see Rule One.

When we get an opportunity to open-raise from early position, this is the range I suggest you use:

I'm going to be frank, Max..." "Of course. All cards on the table." But he gave me a poker smile.

Poker is generally reckoned to be America's second most popular after-dark activity. Sex is good, they say, but poker lasts longer

Obsessing about statistics won't make you a better poker player. In fact, you'll end up wasting too much valuable time on that stuff when you should be concentrating on crucial issues, like getting a read on your opponents and studying the psychological aspects of the game.

Shoving with K-Q is a tactic that does work well for Internet players and weak players. In the old days, though, grizzled pros would have eaten up those guys by utilizing the traditional, more conservative style of poker that emphasizes play on the flop.

The flop bet is a useful tactic for both old-school and new-school players because it can be effective if you are strong, weak, or somewhere in between. Betting out weak on a bluff can allow you to pick up an uncontested pot while betting out strong gives you the opportunity to control the size of the pot.

To be sure, playing it safe isn't a flashy style of poker. Some even claim that it's too weak and passive. That being said, playing safe poker is still a proven recipe for success in the world's biggest poker tournaments.

The benefit of fast play is that you'll get players to commit their chips with relatively weak hands since it will be hard for them to believe that you have a strong hand every single time. The downside is that your opponents will raise weak when you have nothing at all, forcing you to fold.

By folding often, I give other players the false impression that I'm a weak player - a player who can be easily bluffed. Trust me; I'm not a weak player.

Ultra-aggressive players have a knack of making otherwise sound players commit huge stacks of chips with relatively weak hands, like A-Q.

Swallow your pride and be completely objective about your own poker skill level. Only then can you implement an effective betting strategy.

Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and when played well - nourishes the wallet. Above all else, poker forces the player to face reality and deal with it head-on. [...] Your challenges for as long as you aspire to win at poker is this: Be willing to examine your character and game.

Gabe scratched his double chin. Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game. Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week.

The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; it happens at the poker table all the time.

a poker-rectumed pillar of the establishment [Marcus Corvinus on a Roman Senator]

I could imagine his eulogy: "Fucker's dead. Throw some dirt on him. Let's go play some poker.