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
• "I'm broke one day and have a fortune the next day, and I don't give a damn" --Jack "Treetop" Straus--
• " The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; happens at the poker table all the time."
• I've raised with cards less attractive than what's in my toilet after I took a dump in it. - Gus Hansen
• "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 dont play any two suited cards. I play any two non suited cards, that way i am drawing at two different flushes
• Poker is like a horse, five letters, two vowels
• "So again, do not raise in No Limit Hold'em -- especially tournaments -- if there is a reasonable chance that a reraise will make you throw up." -- David Sklansky (Tournament Poker for Advanced Players)
• Poker is like petting a cat, you need some hands.
• "I thought it was jack's" - Phil Helmuth Jr. WSOP vs. Jason Lester