These are some of the famous poker quotes which may inspire you to play a better game.
The two things you need to be successful in poker are, first, find the muck, and second, don’t play your own money.
– David “Devilfish” Ulliott
Marriages may come and go, but the game must go on.
– Felix “The Odd Couple” Unger
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.
– Stu Unger, Three-time WSOP Champion
The guy who invented gambling was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius.
– Julius “Big Julie” Weintraub, a New York gambler who ran junkets to Vegas (1974)
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
– Steven Wright
A card player should learn that once the money is in the pot, it isn’t his any longer.
– Herbert Yardley (1957)
One day a chump, the next day a champion. What a difference a day makes in tournament poker.
– Mike Sexton
They say poker is a zero-sum game. It must be, because every time I play my sum ends up zero.
– Max Shapiro
The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; happens at the poker table all the time.
– General David Shoup
Hold’em is to to stud and draw what chess is to checkers.
– Johnny Moss, 3x World Champion
Losing is like smoking. It’s habit forming.
– Puggy Pearson, 1973 WSOP winner (2001)
Fear is the basis of all mankind. In cards, you psyche ‘em out, you shark ‘em, you put the fear of God in ‘em.
– Puggy Pearson, 1973 WSOP winner (1975)
Everything is mental in life. The butt was made to lug the mind around.
– Puggy Pearson, 1973 WSOP winner (1975)
The game exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.
– Walter Matthau
Poker is the only game for a grown man. Then, your hand is against every man’s, and evern man’s hand is against yours. Teamwork? Who ever made a fortune by teamwork?
– Somerset Maugham
If you know poker, you know people; and if you know people, you got the whole dang world lined up in your sights.
– Brett Maverick
To be a poker champion, you must have a strong bladder.
– Jack McClelland
There is more to poker than life.
– Tom McEvoy
Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser.
– Stu Ungar
I just go there, and, you know, take what they give me. You know? You know?
- – Phil Ivey
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