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59 Best Poker Quotes and Phrases (INSPIRING)

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Top 10 Most Famous Poker Quotes (BEST)

If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker. - Mike McDermott
If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker. – Mike McDermott
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
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
Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced. - Edward Norton
Life, like poker, has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced. – Edward Norton
Poker is war. People pretend it is a game. - Doyle Brunson
Poker is war. People pretend it is a game. – Doyle Brunson
Poker is a hard way to make an easy living. - Doyle Brunson
Poker is a hard way to make an easy living. – Doyle Brunson
You will show your poker greatness by the hands you fold, not the hands you play. - Dan Reed
You will show your poker greatness by the hands you fold, not the hands you play. – Dan Reed
Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. — Paul Newman
Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. — Paul Newman
Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser. - Stu Ungar
Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser. – Stu Ungar
The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; happens at the poker table all the time. - General David Shoup
The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; happens at the poker table all the time. – General David Shoup
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
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

17 Wise Quotes About Poker that will Make You Think (WISDOM)

I learned playing poker that you never count your winnings because that’s when you start to lose. - Kenneth Langone
I learned playing poker that you never count your winnings because that’s when you start to lose. – Kenneth Langone
In the long run there’s no luck in poker, but the short run is longer than most people know. - Rick Bennet
In the long run there’s no luck in poker, but the short run is longer than most people know. – Rick Bennet
What’s true of the poker game is true of life. Most people are suckers and don’t realise it. - Michael Faust
What’s true of the poker game is true of life. Most people are suckers and don’t realise it. – Michael Faust
Serious poker is no more about gambling than rock climbing is about taking risks. - Al Alvarez
Serious poker is no more about gambling than rock climbing is about taking risks. – Al Alvarez
Poker is not a game in which the meek inherit the Earth. - David Hayano
Poker is not a game in which the meek inherit the Earth. – David Hayano
Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life, but it is also merely a game in which money is simply the means of keeping score. - Anthony Holden
Poker may be a branch of psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life, but it is also merely a game in which money is simply the means of keeping score. – Anthony Holden
Cards are war in disguise of a sport. - Charles Lamb
Cards are war in disguise of a sport. – Charles Lamb
If you always start with the worse hand, you never have a bad beat story to tell. - Chuck Thompson
If you always start with the worse hand, you never have a bad beat story to tell. – Chuck Thompson
Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game. - James Altucher
Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game. – James Altucher
In order to be a successful gambler you have to have a complete disregard for money. - Doyle Brunson
In order to be a successful gambler you have to have a complete disregard for money. – Doyle Brunson
Poker is a fascinating, wonderful, intricate adventure on the high seas of human nature. - David A. Daniel
Poker is a fascinating, wonderful, intricate adventure on the high seas of human nature. – David A. Daniel
Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition -  Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition? – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius. - Julius “Big Julie” Weintraub
The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius. – Julius “Big Julie” Weintraub
No-limit hold'em: Hours of boredom followed by moments of sheer terror. - Tom McEvoy
No-limit hold’em: Hours of boredom followed by moments of sheer terror. – Tom McEvoy
I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you’re done for. - Al Alvarez
I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you’re done for. – Al Alvarez
If a player is looking to have you fund their poker career, you need to look at why they are broke. -  James Guill
If a player is looking to have you fund their poker career, you need to look at why they are broke. –  James Guill
Poker is a combination of luck and skill. People think mastering the skill part is hard, but they’re wrong. The trick to poker is mastering the luck. - Jesse May
Poker is a combination of luck and skill. People think mastering the skill part is hard, but they’re wrong. The trick to poker is mastering the luck. – Jesse May

13 Inspirational Quotes About Poker

Don’t get mad that you lost, get mad because you didn’t win. - Michael Gersitz
Don’t get mad that you lost, get mad because you didn’t win. – Michael Gersitz
The smarter you play, the luckier you’ll be. - Mark Pilarski
The smarter you play, the luckier you’ll be. – Mark Pilarski
Poker is 100% skill and 50% luck. - Phil Hellmuth
Poker is 100% skill and 50% luck. – Phil Hellmuth
It’s not whether you won or lost, but how many bad beat stories you were able to tell. - Grantland Rice
It’s not whether you won or lost, but how many bad beat stories you were able to tell. – Grantland Rice
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to be good at poker. - Phil Gordon
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to be good at poker. – Phil Gordon
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
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
Play like a champ. Win like a champ. Act like a champ. - Frank Henderson
Play like a champ. Win like a champ. Act like a champ. – Frank Henderson
Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn’t play poker. - Amarillo Slim
Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn’t play poker. – Amarillo Slim
I had to make a choice between being a lawyer or a professional gambler. I chose the more honorable of the two. - Chip Reese
I had to make a choice between being a lawyer or a professional gambler. I chose the more honorable of the two. – Chip Reese
Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well. - Jack London
Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well. – Jack London
Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains. - Mike Caro
Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains. – Mike Caro
It's hard work. Gambling. Playing poker. Don't let anyone tell you different. - Stu Ungar
It’s hard work. Gambling. Playing poker. Don’t let anyone tell you different. – Stu Ungar
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; though the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharlal Nehru
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; though the way you play it is free will. – Jawaharlal Nehru

15 Funny Quotes About Poker

People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker. - Mary Austin
People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker. – Mary Austin
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. - Steven Wright
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. – Steven Wright
My favorite chip trick is to make everyone's chip stack disappear. - Amarillo Slim
My favorite chip trick is to make everyone’s chip stack disappear. – Amarillo Slim
Just play every hand, you can’t miss them all. - Sammy Farha
Just play every hand, you can’t miss them all. – Sammy Farha
Sex is good, they say, but poker lasts longer.  - Al Alvarez
Sex is good, they say, but poker lasts longer. – Al Alvarez
Avoid people with gold teeth who want to play cards. - George Carlin
Avoid people with gold teeth who want to play cards. – George Carlin
What I know about poker you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I’m learning. - Wilford Brimley
What I know about poker you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I’m learning. – Wilford Brimley
To be a poker champion you must have a strong bladder. - Jack McClelland
To be a poker champion you must have a strong bladder. – Jack McClelland
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 is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead. – Jackie Robinson
The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play. - Chris Moneymaker
The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play. – Chris Moneymaker
Whoever coined the phrase ‘a man’s got to play the hand that was dealt him’ was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer. - Jeannette Walls
Whoever coined the phrase ‘a man’s got to play the hand that was dealt him’ was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer. – Jeannette Walls
No wife can endure a gambling husband unless he is a steady winner. - Lord Dewar
No wife can endure a gambling husband unless he is a steady winner. – Lord Dewar
They say poker is a zero-sum game. It must be, because every time I play my sum ends up zero. - Max Shapiro
They say poker is a zero-sum game. It must be, because every time I play my sum ends up zero. – Max Shapiro
Omaha is a game that was invented by a Sadist and is played by Masochists. - Shane Smith
Omaha is a game that was invented by a Sadist and is played by Masochists. – Shane Smith
Dogs are lousy poker players. When they get a good hand, they wag their tails.
Dogs are lousy poker players. When they get a good hand, they wag their tails.

4 Quotes About Investing and Poker

Investing in a poker game and investing in stocks, at least the way I do it, it’s a very similar skillset.
Investing in a poker game and investing in stocks, at least the way I do it, it’s a very similar skillset. – David Einhorn
Life, in part, is like a poker game, wherein you have to learn to quit sometimes when holding a much-loved hand — you must learn to handle mistakes and new facts that change the odds.
Life, in part, is like a poker game, wherein you have to learn to quit sometimes when holding a much-loved hand — you must learn to handle mistakes and new facts that change the odds. – Charlie Munger
If you don’t study any companies, you have the same success buying stocks as you do in a poker game if you bet without looking at your cards. - Peter Lynch
If you don’t study any companies, you have the same success buying stocks as you do in a poker game if you bet without looking at your cards. – Peter Lynch
The investing world is a little bit more multidimensional than poker.
The investing world is a little bit more multidimensional than poker. – David Einhorn

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