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34 Doyle Brunson Quotes on Life & Success (POKER)

December 3, 2023December 3, 2023

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Poker is a game of skill. Luck may rule in the short term, but in the long run, skill prevails. — Poker is a game of skill. Luck may rule in the short term, but in the long run, skill prevails.

The key to winning at poker is not making the right play every time. It's about making the right play most of the time. — The key to winning at poker is not making the right play every time. It’s about making the right play most of the time.

The mark of a great poker player is the ability to adapt to different situations and opponents. — The mark of a great poker player is the ability to adapt to different situations and opponents.

Poker teaches you more about life than any other game. It's a microcosm of decision-making, risk management, and psychological warfare. — Poker teaches you more about life than any other game. It’s a microcosm of decision-making, risk management, and psychological warfare.

A man with money is no match against a man on a mission. — A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.

The most important aspect of poker is not the cards you are dealt; it's how you play them. — The most important aspect of poker is not the cards you are dealt; it’s how you play them.

Patience is a virtue in poker. Don't force the action; wait for the right opportunities to make your moves. — Patience is a virtue in poker. Don’t force the action; wait for the right opportunities to make your moves.

In poker, you have to be able to read your opponents. Pay attention to their betting patterns, body language, and subtle cues. — In poker, you have to be able to read your opponents. Pay attention to their betting patterns, body language, and subtle cues.

Poker is a game of strategy, but it's also a game of people. Understanding human nature and exploiting your opponents' weaknesses is key. — Poker is a game of strategy, but it’s also a game of people. Understanding human nature and exploiting your opponents’ weaknesses is key.

Try to decide how good your hand is at a given moment. Nothing else matters. Nothing.

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Bankroll management is crucial in poker. Don't risk more than you can afford to lose. — Bankroll management is crucial in poker. Don’t risk more than you can afford to lose.

The key to No-Limit… is to put a man to a decision for all his chips.

The best way to improve your poker game is through experience. Learn from your mistakes and constantly strive to get better. — The best way to improve your poker game is through experience. Learn from your mistakes and constantly strive to get better.

Everyone gets lucky once in a while, but no one is consistently lucky. — Everyone gets lucky once in a while, but no one is consistently lucky.

It's not the cards that you have all the time that makes you a winner or a loser. — It’s not the cards that you have all the time that makes you a winner or a loser.

Every poker situation is different. The only way you can learn is to play. — Every poker situation is different. The only way you can learn is to play.

8 Deep Doyle Brunson Quotes About Poker that will Make You Think

“What took me decades to learn, these kids can get on the Internet…What I learned by brute force, dealing out hands, they learn on computers. It tends to make for fairly technical players, but they make up for it with aggression, the kind that comes when you learn things fast.”
Doyle Brunson

Show me your eyes and you may as well show me your cards.

Ninety percent of the hands aren't shown in a poker game. — Ninety percent of the hands aren’t shown in a poker game.

May the flop be with you.

“To start with you had to keep from getting arrested by the police. Then, you had to keep from getting cheated in the games. You also had to worry about collecting the money if you won. Then finally, after all that was said and done – you had to keep from getting hijacked.”
Doyle Brunson

I still have the mentality of a 19-year-old mind.

When you go card dead its torture just sitting there.

So, if I had a mentor, it was Johnny Moss. — So, if I had a mentor, it was Johnny Moss.

Top 10 Doyle Brunson Quotes About Life

There's no life like the life I've lived. You're free like a cloud floating up in the sky. — There’s no life like the life I’ve lived. You’re free like a cloud floating up in the sky.

The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important. — The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it’s not what’s really important.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. — Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.

We never talk about gambling around my house.

I now see what the really important things in life are and they don't relate to what I do for a living. — I now see what the really important things in life are and they don’t relate to what I do for a living.

Through the years I've never stopped doing things, thinking about things, and I still think young. — Through the years I’ve never stopped doing things, thinking about things, and I still think young.

I once went a whole summer without seeing the sun. I would play all night, then sleep all day.

I can't believe how much money I lose betting on sports. 'Sucker born every minute' That's me! — I can’t believe how much money I lose betting on sports. ‘Sucker born every minute’ That’s me!

When I was coming up through the ranks, not that many people carried a lot money of money on them. This was before checks and credit cards. — When I was coming up through the ranks, not that many people carried a lot money of money on them. This was before checks and credit cards.

[Asked on why he started Poker] Saw that I could make more money in one pot than what was in that entire paycheck selling a week of office supplies. — [Asked on why he started Poker] Saw that I could make more money in one pot than what was in that entire paycheck selling a week of office supplies.

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