10 Random Poker Quotes

• Poker players and police officers have alot in common. Hours and hours of boredom with a few moments of sheer terror.
• The problem with slowplaying the nuts is that there might be somebody else slowplaying a hand they only think is the nuts. -Gary Carson
• Always play hands where both hole cards are different suits. It doubles the possibility of hitting a flush. Anon.
• "There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker. The upper class knows very little about it. Now and then you find ambassadors who have sort of a general knowledge of the game, but the ignorance of the people is fearful. Why, I have known clergymen, good men, kind-hearted, liberal, sincere, and all that, who did not know the meaning of a "flush". It is enough to make one ashamed of the species." --Mark Twain
• "I raise, therefore I am." - Howard Lederer
• The next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing. --Nick the Greek
• Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. — Steven Wright
• Playing poker for play money is like going to a strip club for the food. -UncleWaldo
• "First you're a champ, then you're a chimp, then you're a chump." [I was told this was a quote from Phil Hellmuth]
• "Oh give me a break, Ace-eight! I guess some people like getting their money in as a 3-to-1 underdog." -Phil Hellmuth, at the 2004 WSOP