Favorite poker quotes

[the shadow]

Some are useful, some are funny (at least to me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]), all are about poker:

"Don't go broke in an unraised pot." Doyle Brunson

"If you limp with aces, you should never get broke with aces, but it happens all the time." T.J. Cloutier

"The key to No-Limit is to put my opponent to a decision for all his chips." Doyle Brunson

"To master poker and make it profitable, you must first master patience and discipline, as a lack of either is a sure disaster regardless of all other talents, or lucky streaks." Freddie Gasperian

"The single greatest key to winning is knowing thy enemy — yourself." Andy Glazer

"They say poker is a zero-sum game. It must be, because every time I play my sum ends up zero." Max Shapiro

"River quads" Lori

"Besides lovemaking and singing in the shower, there aren’t many human activities where there is a greater difference between a person’s self-delusional ability and actual ability than in poker." Steve Badger

"Poker is not a game of cards played with people, it's a game of people played with cards." Ken Warren

"Short-handed poker's no longer about what you have, but what your opponent DOESN'T have." ???

"Better to be weak-tight than strong-broke." Tommy Angelo

"No set, no bet." ???

"If you get a set beaten and you don't lose a lot of chips, you didn't play it right." Lee Jones

"The brown trout sleeps in the closet." Joe Tall

Got any others you like?

The Shadow

[yanicehand]

"see kid, the reason why suited connectors and suited one gappers are so good is that they flop two pair SO often."

regular guy at my casino, and he is very serious.

if u don't believe me:

"see? learn from your elders."
-same guy, this time after dragging a 400$ pot with 57s that cracked my AKs. when I pointed out that my hand was, in fact, a suited connector as well, he proceeded to mumble to himself and take a long, satisfying swig of his corona.

perhaps I should start attributing "two pair value" to my one gappers like I attribute "set value" to my pps.

[Apathy]

"poker is easy" (my favourite after sucking out...)

"I knew, I knew" (my second favourite)

[microbet]

T.J. Cloutier also said something like

"The right way to play JJ is to raise before the flop and to fold after it."

[TheUsher]

ni han sir!

[Slim Pickens]

"He call me with JACK HIGH!" -- Ellix Powers

[Maulik]

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"He call me with JACK HIGH!" -- Ellix Powers

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Ellix Powers is the penny player and he's awesome. That is all.

[gasgod]

I am almost embarrassed to offer:

"But I was suited!"


GG

[Slim Pickens]

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"He call me with JACK HIGH!" -- Ellix Powers

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Ellix Powers is the penny player and he's awesome. That is all.

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If only there were a way to capture his inflection in print. The quote is only good if you've heard it. Maybe it's better this way:

"He call wit a jack high! JACK HIGH!" -- Ellix Powers

[networkman]

Devilfish cracks me up...

Player X: "What did you have?"
Devilfish: "I'll tell you for $25..."
<pause>
Devilfish: "I'll tell you the truth for $50"