10 Random Poker Quotes

• what is a river if there is no river to draw to water
• "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 get your chips your way, I'll get my chips mine." (Phil Ivey, to Howard Lederer)
• this hand sucked me in like an eagle in a jet engine
• Think of how stupid the median poker player is. By definition, half of them are dumber than that.
• I'd rather be good than lucky, I'd rather be lucky than lose...
• I used to go out, go dancing, and talk to the chicks. Now, my life has been down-sized to the couch, the laptop, and the occasional cranberry and rum. --The 5 card stud---
• when a player asks me for lucky chips, i say they weren't lucky for the person i got them from
• "See, in my world - the world of high-stakes gin and poker - we play for cold, hard cash. It's all business, pure and simple. Anyone who thinks cardplaying is a 'game' - I'll show you a loser. Money... M-O-N-E-Y. That's how you measure success. One dollar at a time. One chip at a time. That's how you keep score." Stu Unger
• I have found that when my reasoning for making a call amounts to, "Aww, fuck it." it is usually the wrong move.