10 Random Poker Quotes

• in the poker game of life women are the rake
• Nixon financed his first political campaign with money he won playing poker against his fellow naval officers.
• "It's hard work. Gambling. Playing poker. Don't let anyone tell you different. Think about what it's like sitting at a poker table with people whose only goal is to cut your throat, take your money, and leave you out back talking to yourself about what went wrong inside. That probably sounds harsh. But that's the way it is at the poker table. If you don't believe me, then you're the lamb that's going off to the slaughter." Stu Unger, three-time WSOP Champion
• "You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em." -Kenny Rogers
• "I want him to think that I am pondering a call, but all I'm really thinkin about it Vegas and the fuckin' Mirage." - Mike McDermott (Rounders, 1998)
• Don't look at when a player sucks out on you with a trash hand as a loss. Think of it as an investment that will be returned with interest.
• Homer: Your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong. Even though they say it's okay in the Bible. Lisa: Really? Where? Homer: Eh, somewhere in the back.
• "You get your chips your way, I'll get my chips mine." (Phil Ivey, to Howard Lederer)
• "You can shear a sheep many times; you can skin it only once." -- Amarillo Slim
• Poker is like masturbating. It's fun, highly addictive, and eventually gives you the feeling of getting fucked.