10 Random Poker Quotes

• "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." -- David Mamet
• " The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; happens at the poker table all the time."
• You can't let it get you down when somebody knocks you out of a tournament playing a hand they shouldn't have played. Without these types of players, nobody would win any amount of money, so sometimes you just have to take your medicine. - T.J. Cloutier, Championship Omaha
• "Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas?" - Mike McDermott (Rounders, 1998)
• Life is a gamble at terrible odds if it was a bet you would never take it
• Poker is for fat, American losers.
• Always play hands where both hole cards are different suits. It doubles the possibility of hitting a flush. Anon.
• Poker is like sex - everyone thinks that they are the best at it but few actually know what they are doing - Layne Flack
• Asked why he played in a game known to be crooked, a player replied, "But it's the only game in town."
• Poker is for loners.