10 Random Poker Quotes

• "You can shear a sheep many times; you can skin it only once." -- Amarillo Slim
• When I was young, I heard that all you need is a chip and chair. Now that I am old, I realize that they weren't talking about tortilla chips.
• this hand sucked me in like an eagle in a jet engine
• If luck wasn't a factor, I'd win every one. -Phil Hellmuth
• "I thought it was jack's" - Phil Helmuth Jr. WSOP vs. Jason Lester
• "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)
• I don't really mind getting bad beats. Of course, 9 times out of 10, my superior cards will win. But that 1 time in 10 that someone catches lucky cards and beats me, I don't get mad. Because each of the next 9 times they think they can catch something adds another inch to my television.
• Asked why he played in a game known to be crooked, a player replied, "But it's the only game in town."
• It's Free To Fold...
• For all you probability freaks, remember to consider the probability that an opponent is lying. Generally, liars dig holes and keep on lying, at least in the short run, as they try to climb out. Adjust your math prowess accordingly. Tells are paramount, as much or more as your calculating brain is. Poker becomes super-multi-variable when the psychological realm is joined with that already beautiful world of card probabilities. -- a mathematician