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It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky.
Al Alvarez, English Poet
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Terry Pratchett, English Novelist
Poker is... a fascinating, wonderful, intricate adventure on the high seas of human nature.
David A Daniel, American Poet
As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think "actor" and see some easy money.
Matt Damon, American Actor
Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.
Mike Caro, Professional Poker Player
I've often thought, if I got really hungry for a good milk shake, how much would I pay for one? People will pay a hundred dollars for a bottle of wine; to me that's not worth it. But I'm not going to say it is foolish or wrong to spend that kind of money, if that's what you want. So if a guy wants to bet twenty or thirty thousand dollars in a poker game that is his privilege.
Jack Binion, American Casino Operator
In the absence of any mathematical explanation, one thing is for certain; if you engage in games of chance long enough, the experience is bound to affect the way you see God. Successfully draw to an inside straight three hands in a row, and you’ve got to be blessed. But if you’re the person drawn out on, the one whose trip aces just got snapped for the third time, you will go home feeling cursed.
Andy Bellin, Poker Journalist
The best part about poker is there's no down side.
Samantha Bee, Canadian Comedic Actress
You cannot survive without that intangible quality we call heart. The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses. If you win for thirty days in a row, that makes no difference if on the thirty-first you have a bad night, go crazy, and throw it all away.
Bobby Baldwin, Professional Poker Player
I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.
Al Alvarez, English Poet
I have always wondered if the results of the Versailles Conferences would have been different if Woodrow Wilson had been a poker player.
Clyde Brion Davis, American Author
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend
I've lost money so fast in these clubs it's left me reeling. I've read every poker book ever written, but the only way to get better at the game is to go out and play with people who are really good. The problem is, you stand to lose a lot of money doing it.
Matt Damon, American Actor
I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.
James Woods, American Actor
Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.
Walter Matthau, American Actor
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
From the film, Cool Hand Luke
Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents.
Lou Krieger, Gambling Author
Don't get mad that you lost, get mad because you didn't win.
Michael Gersitz, Online Poker Player
I don't attempt to be a poker player before this crowd.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, former US President
Poker: the art of civilized bushwhacking.
Nick Dandalos, Professional Poker Player
The most difficult aspects of playing poker professionally are coping emotionally with the losses and coping with the recurring idea that you're not doing anything worthwhile.
Mike Caro, Professional Poker Player
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of Poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.
Vannevar Bush, American Engineer and Science Administrator
As far as Poker goes, I really didn't play Poker but a few times in high school.
Professional Poker Player and Online Casino Owner
No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky.
Wilford Brimley, American Actor
People today who play in all the big fancy (legal) card rooms don't understand what it was like back in those days to be a poker player with all the problems we had.
Doyle Brunson, Professional Poker Player and Online Casino Owner
What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.
Wilford Brimley, American Actor
Poker is a lot like sex, everyone thinks they are the best, but most don't have a clue what they are doing!
Dutch Boyd, Professional Poker Player
I mean there are usually no direct answers to how do you play such-and- such a hand when somebody raises in front. Every poker situation is different. The only way you can learn is to play.
Professional Poker Player and Online Casino Owner
I've always had confidence, but I never let my ego get to the point that I think I'm the superstar, because I know that ego has destroyed many a poker career.
Jim Boyd, Modern-Day Road Gambler
In a game of poker, I can put the players' souls in my pocket.
Beausourire, Haitian Poker Player
I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.
Al Alvarez, English Poet
Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
Samantha Bee, Comedian
If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
Paul Newman, Actor
Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn't play poker.
Amarillo Slim, Professional Poker Player
A major reason I haven't taken up live poker as a money making activity is because successful bluffing and identifying when others are doing it are not skills I'm particularly good at.
Bob Dancer from "Million Dollar Video Poker"
Blackjack was just me against the house, but poker came with personalities that ranged from racist scum bag to snake-like vermin.
Cat Hulbert, Professionsal Poker Player
Many great poker players I've encountered will not win humanitarian awards or be nominated for Nobel prizes.
Frank Scoblete, Professional Gambler
To be a poker champion, you must have a strong bladder.
Jack McClelland, Poker Pro
Wanting to win is actually a pretty superficial goal. It's like wanting to be rich...it's not enough.
Larry W. Phillips from "The Tao of Poker"
People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.
Mary Austin, Author
The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself.
Nick Dandalos, Professional Poker Player
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
Steven Wright, Comedian
Lying, stealing, scheming and attempting to financially destroy your friends and loved ones is what makes poker such a friendly, sociable game.
VP Pappy, Gambler
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