10 Random Poker Quotes

• "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
• Think of how stupid the median poker player is. By definition, half of them are dumber than that.
• Poker is like a horse, five letters, two vowels
• some call cheating immoral, but then again, it's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.
• "Hold em is to stud what chess is to checkers." -- Johnny Moss
• "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
• "Hooks (pair of Jacks) are for Fish. You've got to flop 'em, fold 'em, or fornicate 'em." Johnnie Moss
• I guess if luck wasn't involved, i'd win every tournament -Phil Helmuth
• Fold and live to fold again
• Asked why he played in a game known to be crooked, a player replied, "But it's the only game in town."