10 Random Poker Quotes

• they call it poker because the word "FUCK" was taken.
• I've noticed something funny ... the more I practice, the luckier I get. -- Jack Nicklaus
• I don't really mind getting bad beats. Of course, 9 times out of 10, my superior cards will win. But that 1 time in 10 that someone catches lucky cards and beats me, I don't get mad. Because each of the next 9 times they think they can catch something adds another inch to my television.
• If you can't quit the best hand, you can't play.
• Asked why he played in a game known to be crooked, a player replied, "But it's the only game in town."
• Trying to find the odds (not percentage) for this hand. One person has JJ the other 1010. On the flop is J 10 10, what are the odds of this happening?
• There is less luck involved than a bad player thinks there is, and there more luck involved than a good player will admit there is
• "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
• Right now I only play online poker. If I ever play live poker, raise preflop with a good hand, get called by someone with a 52 who hits a straight, I am walking over to that person to knock out his teeth. Congratulations you idiot.
• Poker is like petting a cat, you need some hands.