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“Good luck has its storms.” - George Lucas
"Poker is the game closest to the western conception of life, where life and
thought are recognized as intimately combined, where free will prevails over
philosophies of fate or of chance, where men are considered moral agents
and where - at least in the short run - the important thing is not what happens
but what people think happens." - John Luckacs, "Poker and the American
Character" (1963)
"Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand." Cool Hand Luke,
"I love Vegas. God knows that I know how to find my way around
the buffets in Las Vegas." -Rick Majerus, Utah Utes College
basketball coach
“The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are
wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an
expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by
those with an academic bent." - David Mamet, playwright. "Things I Have
Learned Playing Poker on the Hill," in Writing in Restaurants (1986)
"Poker reveals to the frank observer something else of import—it will teach
him about his own nature. Many bad players do not improve because the
cannot bear self-knowledge." - David Mamet
“Abruptly the poker of memory stirs the ashes of recollection and uncovers a
forgotten ember, still smoldering down there, still hot, still glowing, still red
as red” - William Manchester
When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing
to do: kick over the table. - Dean Martin
"If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow,
and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure
thing is no fun." -Chico Marx
”Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our
country so great.” - Walter Matthau
"Is it a reasonable thing, I ask you, for a grown man to run about and hit a
ball? Poker's the only game fit for a grown man. Then, your hand is against
every man's, and every man's is against yours. Teamwork? Who ever made a
fortune by teamwork? There's only one way to make a fortune, and that's to
down the fellow who's up against you." - Somerset Maugham from
Cosmopolitans
"The entire table can't help but hear him say, "I'd just like to know one thing
- what is the biggest difference between playing 100-200 and 10-20?" I look
at him and say, "The limit - this is a different limit," and he gives me an
uncomprehending look and then smiles because he thinks I'm joking and
says again, "No, really, I mean what's the major difference in play in these
games?" And I say, "The chips are different - these chips are worth more
money." And I say it completely deadpan and now he thinks I'm taking the
piss out of him and he wipes the smile off his face. I see Johnny trying hard
not to laugh. "You see if we were playing 10-20 we would be using red
chips, but we're not." Everybody thinks I'm trying to make a fool out this
guy, but I'm just saying the only completely honest thing that I can. But it's
not what this guy wants to hear. I want to shake him. I want to shout, "Look
at me! Listen to me! There is no difference in play!!" But I don't say that, I
just repeat in a small voice, "This is a higher limit. The game is exactly the
same as 10-20 but we use different chips."- Jesse May from Shut Up and
Deal
"These two have no idea what they're about to walk into. Down here to have
a good time, they figure, Why not give poker a try? After all, how different
can it be from the home games they've played their whole lives? Luck. All
the luck in the world isn't gonna change things for these guys. They're simply
overmatched. We're (the pros at the table) not playing together, but we're not
playing against each other, either. It's like the Nature Channel. You don't see
piranhas eating each other, do you?" - Mike from Rounders
"Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something."-Wilson
Mizner
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. - Wilson Mizner
It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't
know where you’re going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it
could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice. - Jim Morrison
"Hold em is to stud what chess is to checkers." - Johnny Moss
No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning
organized gambling. - Ralph Nader
"A dollar won is twice as sweet as a dollar earned." -Paul
Newman, The Color of Money
“If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't
tell who the sucker is, it's you” - Paul Newman
"You call...gonna be all over, baby." during the 1998 World Series of Poker.
Down to the final 2 players, he said this to his opponent while he held the
best possible hand. - Scotty Nguyen
"The only difference between a winner and a loser is character."
- Nick the Greek
"Gambling is the future on the internet. You can only look
at so many dirty pictures." -Simon Noble, an Austrian-based
internet bookmaker
"Didn't I warn you-Huh-Didn't I tell you one of 'em was going
to win!?? So now, what do we do?" -Jack Norris
"Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular
in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined."
-Timothy L. O'Brien, Bad Bet (1998)
"The rulers of the country generally believed that betting
eliminates strikes. Men had to work in order to gamble." -Michael
Ondaatje, Running the Family
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool
trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where
you least expect it, there will be fish. – Ovid
“Before we met Myelin, we were working on a Casino product that had
Poker as one of its components” - Tim Page
“Initial feedback we got from people was that Poker could and should be a
product in its own right. For us, that was definitely a case of us not seeing the
forest for the trees since we are Poker nuts” - Tim Page
“Being able to pit your wits against literally hundreds of other people is
really exciting and ultimately the biggest single challenge for a poker player”
Tim Page
"Casinos and prostitutes have the same thing in common; they
are both trying to screw you out of your money and send you
home with a smile on you face." -VP Pappy
"If you ain't just a little scared when you enter a casino,
you are either very rich or you haven't studied the games
enough." VP Pappy
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